The building blocks of business writing / Jack Swenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swenson, Jack.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 pages)

Place of Publication:

Los Altos, Calif. : Crisp Publications, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduces a three-stage process to help readers build their writing skills.

Contents:

""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION""; ""A Simple Procedure""; ""Start at the Beginning""; ""Building the Foundation""; ""No Shortcuts""; ""Getting Started""; ""CHAPTER 2 GRAMMAR""; ""Express Yourself in Complete Sentences""; ""What Is A Sentence?""; ""Recognizing Incomplete Sentences""; ""Run-Together Sentences""; ""Fixing Faulty Sentences""; ""Review""; ""Common Grammar Errors""; ""1 Omitting Verb Endings""; ""2 Shifts in Time""; ""3 Missing Articles""; ""4 Wrong Prepositions""; ""5 Errors in Agreement""; ""6 Unclear Reference""; ""7 Misplaced Phrases""

""8 Awkward Lists"" ""9 Nonstandard Words""; ""Standard English and Dialects""; ""Special Problems of Nonnative Speakers""; ""CHAPTER 3 SPELLING""; ""Let the Computer Do It?""; ""Commonly Confused Words""; ""Spelling Rules""; ""CHAPTER 4 PUNCTUATION""; ""Six Punctuation Marks""; ""Commas""; ""Apostrophes""; ""CHAPTER 5 MECHANICS""; ""Capital Letters""; ""ALWAYS CAPITALIZE:""; ""NEVER CAPITALIZE:""; ""Quotation Marks""; ""Format and Appearance of Letters and Memos""; ""CHAPTER 6 STYLE""; ""Developing Your Writing Skills""; ""What Is Style?""; ""How to Write With Style""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4175-2069-8

OCLC:

922967035