The Harbrace College Handbook is both a guide for the

individual writer and a textbook for use in class. The Eighth

Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, in keep-

ing with the spirit of its predecessors. Although shorter

than the Seventh Edition, the Eighth still covers all the

basic principles of effective writing to which instructors

usually refer, as shown by a comprehensive examination of

student papers. This edition retains the thirty-four major

sections. The book begins with a section on Sentence

Sense and ends with a Glossary of Grammatical Terms. The

former may be used, whenever needed, as an introduction

to the other sections; the latter may be used for reference

throughout the course. Some instructors may wish to

begin with Section 32, Planning and Writing the Whole

Composition. Others may prefer to begin with Section 31,

The Paragraph, or with Sections 19-30.