Pearson business reference and writer's handbook
/ Roberta Moore, Patricia E. Seraydarian, Rosemary T. Fruehling
- xxxi, 474 pages : illustrations
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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