TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION -- A Simple Procedure -- Start at the Beginning -- Building the Foundation -- No Shortcuts -- Getting Started -- CHAPTER 2-GRAMMAR -- Express Yourself in Complete Sentences -- What Is A Sentence? -- Recognizing Incomplete Sentences -- Run-Together Sentences -- Fixing Faulty Sentences -- Review -- Common Grammar Errors -- 1 Omitting Verb Endings -- 2 Shifts in Time -- 3 Missing Articles -- 4 Wrong Prepositions -- 5 Errors in Agreement -- 6 Unclear Reference -- 7 Misplaced Phrases -- 8 Awkward Lists -- 9 Nonstandard Words -- Standard English and Dialects -- Special Problems of Nonnative Speakers -- CHAPTER 3-SPELLING -- Let the Computer Do It? -- Commonly Confused Words -- Spelling Rules -- CHAPTER 4-PUNCTUATION -- Six Punctuation Marks -- Commas -- Apostrophes -- CHAPTER 5-MECHANICS -- Capital Letters -- ALWAYS CAPITALIZE: -- NEVER CAPITALIZE: -- Quotation Marks -- Format and Appearance of Letters and Memos -- CHAPTER 6-STYLE -- Developing Your Writing Skills -- What Is Style? -- How to Write With Style -- The Four Pitfalls of Business Writers -- Too Many Words -- Too Many Big Words -- Backward Sentences -- Clichés -- CHAPTER 7-STRATEGY -- The Process of Writing -- Writing Memos -- Memo Format -- Writing a Letter -- Letter Format -- A FINAL WORD.