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Pearson business reference and writer's handbook / Roberta Moore, Patricia E. Seraydarian, Rosemary T. Fruehling

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, [2010]Description: xxxi, 474 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780135140536
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042
Contents:
Basic sentence structure
Subject-verb agreement
Phrases in sentences
Clauses in sentences
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives and adverbs
Prepositions
Basic rules of sentence punctuation
Punctuation in lists and outlines
Comma use in sentences
The semicolon
The colon
The ellipsis (...)
The dash
Parentheses and brackets
Quotation marks
Italics
The apostrophe and the asterisk
Spacing after punctuation
Basic sentence capitalization
Listed items
Nouns and adjectives (general rules)
Personal names and titles
Organization and product names
Locations and directions
Periods of time and holidays
Groups of people and languages
Religious terms
Titles of publications and artistic works
References to online technology
Academic courses and degrees
Expressing numbers
Symbols with numbers (#, $, %, )
Ordinal numbers (st, nd, rd, th)
Clock time
Calendar dates
Periods of time
Money
Measurements
Telephone numbers
Fractions
Percentages, ratios, and proportions
Roman numerals
Abbreviations
Abbreviations with names
Professional, military, and religious titles
State and geographic locations
Periods of time
Customary units of measure
Business terms
Symbols
Spelling and word division
Word usage
Rules for alphabetic filing
The writing process
Planning
Gathering and organizing information
Writing the first draft
Revising and editing the draft
Proofreading
Defining writing style
Writing strong paragraphs
Writing effective sentences
Using words effectively
Email
Interoffice memos
Business letter styles
Guidelines for parts of business letters
Continuing pages in letters
Composing different types of business messages
Writing to inform
Writing to instruct
Writing to make a request
Writing to respond
Writing to persuade
Writing personal messages
Business reports
Informal reports
Formal reports
Business proposals
Documenting sources
Source citation
Reference styles : business, MLA, APA
Designing documents for readability
Integrating text and visuals
Labeling graphics
Writing for multimedia
Preparing slide presentations
Web pages
Meeting agendas and minutes
Itineraries
Press releases
Resumes
Cover letters
References
Job search follow-up
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic sentence structure

Subject-verb agreement

Phrases in sentences

Clauses in sentences

Verbs

Pronouns

Adjectives and adverbs

Prepositions

Basic rules of sentence punctuation

Punctuation in lists and outlines

Comma use in sentences

The semicolon

The colon

The ellipsis (...)

The dash

Parentheses and brackets

Quotation marks

Italics

The apostrophe and the asterisk

Spacing after punctuation

Basic sentence capitalization

Listed items

Nouns and adjectives (general rules)

Personal names and titles

Organization and product names

Locations and directions

Periods of time and holidays

Groups of people and languages

Religious terms

Titles of publications and artistic works

References to online technology

Academic courses and degrees

Expressing numbers

Symbols with numbers (#, $, %, )

Ordinal numbers (st, nd, rd, th)

Clock time

Calendar dates

Periods of time

Money

Measurements

Telephone numbers

Fractions

Percentages, ratios, and proportions

Roman numerals

Abbreviations

Abbreviations with names

Professional, military, and religious titles

State and geographic locations

Periods of time

Customary units of measure

Business terms

Symbols

Spelling and word division

Word usage

Rules for alphabetic filing

The writing process

Planning

Gathering and organizing information

Writing the first draft

Revising and editing the draft

Proofreading

Defining writing style

Writing strong paragraphs

Writing effective sentences

Using words effectively

Email

Interoffice memos

Business letter styles

Guidelines for parts of business letters

Continuing pages in letters

Composing different types of business messages

Writing to inform

Writing to instruct

Writing to make a request

Writing to respond

Writing to persuade

Writing personal messages

Business reports

Informal reports

Formal reports

Business proposals

Documenting sources

Source citation

Reference styles : business, MLA, APA

Designing documents for readability

Integrating text and visuals

Labeling graphics

Writing for multimedia

Preparing slide presentations

Web pages

Meeting agendas and minutes

Itineraries

Press releases

Resumes

Cover letters

References

Job search follow-up

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