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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Diana Roberts Wienbroer; Elaine Hughes; Jay Silverman |
| ISBN: | 0071457577 9780071457576 |
| OCLC Number: | 57344134 |
| Description: | xi, 240 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Writing in the business world -- Finding your focus -- Sizing up your work style -- What to do when you're stuck -- Organizing your ideas -- Paragraphing -- Continuity: using transitions -- Adding visual interest: layout, illustrations, and PowerPoint presentations -- Revising -- Proofreading -- Staying on top of the paper flow -- Steps toward a clear style -- Writing to persuade -- Writing with energy -- Trimming wordiness -- Varying your sentences -- Avoiding tangled sentences -- Eliminating biased language -- Email and fax messages -- Memos -- Letters -- Agendas and minutes -- Instructions and directions -- Reports -- Websites -- Newsletters and press releases -- Proposals -- Résumés -- Research on the internet -- Crediting outside sources -- Recurring projects -- Long-term projects -- Collaborative projects -- The spoken word -- Editing other people's drafts -- Writing for others -- Commonly confused words -- One word or two? -- Spelling -- Capitalization -- Abbreviations and numbers -- Correct pronouns -- Consistent pronouns -- Pronouns: avoiding vagueness -- Verbs: agreement with subjects -- Verbs: consistent tenses -- Word endings: s and ed -- Periods: avoiding sentence fragments and run-on sentences -- Commas -- Semicolons and colons -- Dashes and parentheses -- Hyphens -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- Italicizing (underlining) or quoting titles. |
| Responsibility: | Diana Roberts Wienbroer, Elaine Hughes, Jay Silverman. |
| More information: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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