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Wilson K (Kevin), <1958-> |
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Titolo |
AMA handbook of business writing : the ultimate guide to style, grammar, usage, punctuation, construction, and formatting / / Kevin Wilson and Jennifer Wauson |
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New York, : American Management Association, 2010 |
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1-78402-222-5 |
1-62198-329-3 |
1-282-72938-1 |
9786612729386 |
0-8144-1590-3 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (666 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WilsonK <1958-> (Kevin) |
WausonJennifer |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Commercial correspondence |
Business writing |
English language - Business English |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Loan, Lend; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SECTION 1 The Writing Process; Audience Analysis; Brainstorming; Research; Interviewing; Outlining; Writing a Draft; Business Writing Style; Using Visuals; Page Design; Publication Design; Editing; Proofreading; Document Review; Revisions; Documenting Sources; Footnotes and Endnotes; Bibliographies; Global Communications; Collaborative Writing; Promotional Writing; SECTION 2 The Business Writer's Alphabetical Reference; A, An; Abbreviations; Titles Before and After Names; Names; Mathematical Units and Measurements; Long Phrases |
Words Used with Numbers Common Latin Terms; States and Territories; Things You Should Not Abbreviate; Spacing and Periods for Abbreviations; Guidelines for Using Abbreviations in Your Writing; Abbreviations for Measurements; Abbreviations for Numbers; Above, Below; Absolute Form of an Adjective; Absolute Phrase; Absolutely; |
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Abstract Nouns; Accent Marks; Accept, Except; Access, Excess; Acronyms; Action Verbs; Active Voice; A.D.; Adjectival Noun; Adjectival Opposites; Adjective Phrase; Adjectives; Placement of Adjectives in a Sentence; Use of Multiple Adjectives; Degrees of Adjectives |
Irregular Form Adjectives A-Adjectives; Adjuncts, Disjuncts, and Conjuncts; Adverbial Clause; Adverbial Phrase; Adverbs; Prepositional Phrases Acting as Adverbs; Infinitive Phrases Acting as Adverbs; Adverbs in a Numbered List; Adverbs to Avoid; Positioning Adverbs in a Sentence; Order of Adverbs; Inappropriate Adverb Order; Viewpoint Adverbs; Focus Adverbs; Negative Adverbs; Advice, Advise; Affect, Effect; Affixes; African-American; Age; Agents; Agreement; Aid, Aide; Alike; A Little; Allegories; Alliteration; All Right, Alright; Allusion, Illusion; Alone, Lonely; A Lot, Alot, Allot |
Already, All Ready Altogether, All Together; Ambitransitive Verbs; American English, British English; Among, Between; Ampersand; A.M., P.M.; An; Anadiplosis; Anaphora; And Also; And/Or; Angry, Mad; Animate Nouns; Antagonyms; Antecedent; Anti-; Antimetabole; Antonyms; Any, Either; Any, Some; Apart, A Part; Apodosis; Apostrophe; Appears, Displays; Appendix; Apposition; Appositives; Articles; As, Like; Assure, Insure, Ensure; Asterisks; As to Whether; As Well As; Autoantonyms; Auxiliary Verbs; Average, Mean, Median; A While, Awhile; Awful, Awfully; Bad, Badly; Back-Channeling; Backslash, Slash |
Back up, Backup Base Form of a Verb; Basically, Essentially, Totally; B.C.; Because, Since, As; Been, Gone; Being That, Being As; Below; Beside, Besides; Between, Among; Bias, Biased; Biased or Sexist Language; Bibliography; Billion; Biweekly, Bimonthly, Semiweekly, Semimonthly; Blind; Blog, Weblog; Bold Fonts; Bored, Boring; Both, Alike; Both, Each; Brackets; Changes to Quoted Material; Digressions within Parentheses; Brake, Break; Brand Names; Breath, Breathe; Bring, Take; British English; Bulleted List; Bushel; Business, Right; Buzzwords; By, Bye, Buy; By, Until; Call Back, Callback |
Call Out, Callout |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An indispensable desktop reference for every business professional! |
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