Writing for Big Results

by duPont, M. Kay

• ISBN13: 9780961492762
• ISBN10: 0961492767
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Jedco Pr

Summary

The most useful, practical book available on today¿s use of American language and writing style. A writing textbook and grammar style book all in one, with simple, understandable examples; logical, easy ways to remember the rules; drawings; trivia; 660 spelling words; and more than 350 homonyms with clear explanations of their difference, in an intriguing design.

Author Biography

M. Kay duPont is a writer, speaker, and communications coach. She has written three successful business books--"Don’t Let Your Participles Dangle in Public!," "Business Etiquette and Professionalism," and "Diversity in the Workplace: Communication is the Key." She is also a contributing author to "Chocolate For A Woman's Soul," which hit the USA Today Best Seller List.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Why Do We Need To Learn To Communicate Better?	p. 1
Are Grammar And Usage More Important Than Vocabulary?	p. 2
Why Is Writing So Difficult For Some People?	p. 3
Do The Rules Change?	p. 3
Writing Style	p. 7
What Is Style?	p. 7
14 Pointers For Style	p. 8
Guidelines For Bias-Free Communication	p. 19
How Clear Is Your Writing?	p. 23
Parts of Speech	p. 25
Adjective	p. 25
Adverb	p. 26
Conjunction	p. 26
Interjection	p. 27
Noun	p. 27
Preposition	p. 27
Pronoun	p. 27
Verb	p. 28
Subject/Verb Agreement	p. 28
Ways To Select The Correct Verb	p. 28
Verb Tenses	p. 30
Sentence Structure	p. 35
What Is A Sentence?	p. 35
Simple Sentence	p. 37
Compound Sentence	p. 38
Complex Sentence	p. 38
Compound-Complex Sentence	p. 38
Sentence Fragment	p. 39
Run-On Sentence	p. 40
Dangling Participles	p. 41
Voice	p. 43
When Are Passives Acceptable?	p. 45
Parallelism	p. 46
Sentence Length	p. 48
Kay's Rule Of Max	p. 48
Punctuation	p. 49
Kay's Punctuation Light	p. 51
Exclamation Point	p. 53
Period	p. 53
Semicolon	p. 55
Question Mark	p. 57
Colon	p. 59
Comma	p. 61
Dash	p. 67
Ellipses	p. 69
Parentheses	p. 71
Brackets	p. 73
Apostrophe	p. 74
Asterisk	p. 76
Hyphen	p. 76
Quotation Marks	p. 80
Underscore And Italics	p. 84
Virgule (Slash, Diagonal)	p. 86
Paragraph Structure	p. 89
Common Sentence Bridges	p. 91
Conciseness	p. 93
List Of Simpler Words	p. 95
Redundancy Reducer	p. 98
Spelling	p. 105
How Can We Learn To Spell Better?	p. 105
Prefixes And Their Meanings	p. 107
Suffixes And Their Meanings	p. 109
Compounds (Hyphenated Words)	p. 111
Tricky Words	p. 114
Correctly Spelled Business Words	p. 116
Word Usage	p. 119
Confusing Words	p. 120
Troublemakers	p. 147
Personal Pronouns	p. 147
Who/Whom	p. 149
He/They	p. 150
Self Words	p. 150
Undefined Pronouns	p. 151
Comparatives	p. 153
Common Comparatives	p. 155
Prepositional Idioms	p. 156
Plurals	p. 160
Possessives	p. 165
Abbreviations	p. 168
Capitalization	p. 173
Numerals	p. 179
Letter Styling	p. 185
Left Block	p. 185
Simplified	p. 187
Modified	p. 188
Semiblock	p. 189
Parts of a Letter	p. 190
Date	p. 190
Reference Line	p. 190
Mailing Instructions	p. 191
On-Arrival Notations	p. 191
Inside Address	p. 191
Titles For Inside Address	p. 192
Saluations	p. 197
Titles For Salutations	p. 197
Subject Line	p. 199
Body	p. 200
Signature Block	p. 201
Folding Letters	p. 204
Postal Regulations For Envelopes	p. 205
Abbreviations For Street Designators And Words	p. 207
State And Location Abbreviations	p. 208
E-Mail Guidelines	p. 209
Proofread Like a PRO	p. 215
Proofreader's Marks	p. 219
Glossary	p. 221
Index	p. 229
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