TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wienbroer,Diana Roberts
AU  - Hughes,Elaine
AU  - Silverman,Jay
TI  - Rules of thumb for business writers
SN  - 0071357211
AV  - HF5718.3 .W54 2000
U1  - 651.7/4 21
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Business writing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; The Writing Process --; Writing in the Business World; 3 --; Finding Your Focus; 6 --; Sizing Up Your Work Style; 8 --; What to Do When You're Stuck; 11 --; Organizing Your Ideas; 14 --; Paragraphing; 18 --; Continuity; 22 --; Adding Visual Interest: Layout and Illustrations; 24 --; Revising; 26 --; Proofreading; 29 --; Part 2; Writing with Power --; Steps Toward a Clear Style; 35 --; Writing to Persuade; 38 --; Writing with Energy; 43 --; Trimming Wordiness; 47 --; Grammar Review: Common Sentence Patterns; 50 --; Avoiding Tangled Sentences; 55 --; Varying Your Sentences; 58 --; Eliminating Biased Language; 63 --; Part 3; Specific Business Writing --; Guidelines for all Business Correspondence; 67 --; E-mail and Fax Messages; 69 --; Memos; 72 --; Letters; 75 --; Agendas and Minutes; 80 --; Instructions and Directions; 82 --; Reports; 84 --; Newsletters and Press Releases; 89 --; Proposals; 92 --; Resumes; 96 --; Part 4; Special Projects --; Research on the Internet; 103 --; Crediting Outside Sources; 109 --; Recurring Projects; 112 --; Long-term Projects; 114 --; Collaborative Projects; 118 --; The Spoken Word; 121 --; Editing Other People's Drafts; 123 --; Writing for Others; 125 --; Part 5; Correctness -- Usage --; Confusing Words; 129 --; One Word or Two?; 136 --; Spelling; 139 --; Capitalization; 142 --; Abbreviations and Numbers; 144 --; Correct Pronouns; 146 --; Consistent Pronous; 148 --; Pronouns: Avoiding Vagueness; 151 --; Verbs: Agreement with Subjects; 153 --; Verbs: Consistent Tenses; 155 --; Word Endings; 157 --; Part 6; Correctness -- Punctuation --; Periods: Avoiding Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences; 163 --; Commas; 169 --; Semicolons and Colons; 173 --; Dashes and Parentheses; 175 --; Hyphens; 177 --; Apostrophes; 178 --; Quotation Marks; 179 --; Italicizing (Underlining) or Quoting Titles; 183 --; Sample Memo; 187 --; Sample Bad News Memo; 188 --; Sample Letter; 189 --; Sample Letter of Recommendation; 190 --; Sample Meeting Agenda; 191 --; Two Sample Press Releases; 192 --; Sample Cover Letter; 194 --; Sample Resume (Emphasis on Accomplishments); 195 --; Sample Resume (Emphasis on Skills); 197 --; Sample Resume (Limited Experience); 199 --; Sample Resume (Significant Experience); 200 --; The Anatomy of a Sentence: How to Diagram; 201
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