| Description |
133 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of Contents -- Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Getting Down to Business-Writing 1 -- Identify The Audience And Purpose 2 -- CHAPTER 2 Plan Your Work. Work Your Plan. 5 -- The Writing Process 5 -- Brainstorming/Planning 5 -- Pre-Writing 5 -- Drafting/Writing 8 -- Revising/Rewriting 9 -- Editing 9 -- CHAPTER 3 Structure Your Correspondence 13 -- Opening Paragraph 14 -- Middle Paragraphs 14 -- Closing Paragraph 17 -- CHAPTER 4 Netiquette 23 -- CHAPTER 5 Strong Sentence Structure 25 -- Sentence Fragments 25 -- Run-On Sentences 27 -- CHAPTER 6 Smooth and Clear: -- Parallelism & Misplaced, Dangling, Squinting Modifiers 31 -- Parallelism 31 -- Mangled Meaning 34 -- CHAPTER 7 Conciseness / Cut the Deadwood 37 -- Six Ways To Cut Deadwood 37 -- More Ways To Cut Deadwood 39 -- CHAPTER 8 Say What You Mean. Mean What You Say! 43 -- Correct Word Usage 44 -- CHAPTER 9 Action Verbs, Active Voice, Avoiding Shifts 51 -- Developing A Strong Style Through Action -- Verbs 51 -- Voice: Active & Passive 55 -- Unnecessary Shifts In Tense, Voice, Person 57 -- CHAPTER 10 "Let's Come to Agreement" 61 -- Subject-Verb Agreement 61 -- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 66 -- CHAPTER 11 Adjective-Adverb & Pronoun Usage 69 -- Using Modifiers Correctly 69 -- Comparisons Of Adjectives And Adverbs 72 -- Case Out The Pronouns 73 -- Who / Whom / Whose Usage 77 -- CHAPTER 12 "Good MECHANICS -- Keep Writing Motors Running Smoothly." 79 -- CHAPTER 13 Job Seeking Skills 95 -- Job Search 95 -- Cover Letter 97 -- Resume 101 -- Interviewing Strategies 106 -- Follow-Up 109 -- CHAPTER 14 GLOSSARY of -- Syntactic & Editing FUNdamentals 113 -- Practice Exercises Answer Key 121 |
| Subject |
Business writing.
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English language -- Business English.
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Electronic mail messages.
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| LC no. |
2007016706 |
| ISBN |
9781601740304 (paperback) |
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