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9780073397108

The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting Tribute Edition

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    9780073397108

  • ISBN10:

    0073397105

  • Edition: 11th
  • Format: Spiral Bound
  • Copyright: 2010-03-01
  • Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

The trusted source for 50 years for adding style and clarity to work and school documents!

About the Book

For more than 50 years, The Gregg Reference Manual has been recognized as the best style manual for business professionals and students. The basic rules that apply to the most frequent problems are covered as thoroughly as the fine points of the problems that occur less often. The colorful examples and illustrations offer easy-to-follow models to help resolve the difficulties encountered in everyday communications frome-mail messages to formal reports.

Features

-Up-to-date coverage on dealing with online source material and precautions to observe when citing electronic material

-New searchable index online that allows the reader immediate access to definitions and information on specific topics

-Updated e-mail rules and expanded plagiarism coverage to meet the needs of changing technology

Market/Audience

Business professionals and students.

Author Information

William A. Sabin (deceased) was a publisher of business books for The McGraw-Hill Companies and the coauthor of College English.

Features of the New Edition

The eleventh edition of The Gregg Reference Manual has been revised and enhanced to satisfy the continually evolving demands of business and academic writers. In addition, this special four-color edition of GRM pays tribute to the author Bill Sabin with personal photographs and a new biographical essay.

Other Components of the Eleventh Edition

A number of supplementary components are available online for trainers, instructors and students including:

-Basic Worksheets

-Comprehensive Worksheets

-Trainer’s Resource Manual

-Instructor’s Resource Manual

Table of Contents

About the Book and the Author
A Personal Tribute
Professional Tributes
Preface
Acknowledgements
How to Look Things Up
Essays on the Nature of Style
-Grammar, Usage, and Style
Punctuation: Major Marks
Punctuation: Other Marks
Capitalization
Numbers
Abbreviations
Plurals and Possessives
Spelling
Compound Words
Word Division
Grammar
Usage
-Techniques and Formats
Editing and Proofreading
Letters, Memos, and Text Messages
Reports and Manuscripts
Notes and Bibliographies
Tables
Other Business Documents
Forms of Address
-References
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Pronunciation Problems
Rules for Alphabetic Filing (available at www.gregg.com)
Glossary of Computer Terms (available at www.gregg.com)
Index
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

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