本书是葛传规教授为我国读者撰写的学习英语写作的专著。可以作大学和成人高校的教本，也可作自学课本。本书除对写作基本知识、写作技巧和文体修辞等分章介绍之外，特别对惯用法、语法、习语和遣词造句等有关问题，详加阐述；并配有大量取自现代英美书刊原著中的实例，和各种切合实际的练习题。对我国人容易遇到的困难尤为注意。全书用英文写成，其中涉及的术语大都是我国读者所熟知者。

1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

2 CHAPTER IIMECHANICS OF COMPOSITION

3 CHAPTER III LEARNING TO WRITE

4 CHAPTER IV WRITING CORRECTLY

5 CHAPTER V WRITING CORRECTLY

6 CHAPTER VI WRITING WELL

7 CHAPTER VII PARAGRAPHS

8 CHAPTER VIII FORMS OF COMPOSITION

64.About the Study of Idiom."Idion" in its broadest sense is the sum total of "idioms" in its broadost sense. The study of idiom and the study of idioms, therefore,may be regarded as practically the same thing.