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Dedication Acknowledgments A Note from the Authors PART ONE: THE WRITING PROCESS 1. Writing in the Business World 2. Finding Your Focus 3. Sizing Up Your Work Style 4. What to Do When You're Stuck 5. Organizing Your Ideas 6. Paragraphing 7. Continuity 8. Adding Visual Interest: Layout and Illustrations 9. Revising 10. Proofreading 11. Staying on Top of the Paper Flow PART TWO: WRITING WITH POWER 12. Steps Toward a Clear Style 13. Writing to Persuade 14. Writing with Energy 15. Trimming Wordiness 16. Grammar Review: Common Sentence Patterns 17. Avoiding Tangled Sentences 18. Varying Your Sentences 19. Eliminating Biased Language PART THREE: SPECIFIC BUSINESS WRITING 20. Guidelines for all Business Correspondence 21. Email and Fax Messages 22. Memos 23. Letters 24. Agendas and Minutes 25. Instructions or Directions 26. Reports 27. Newsletters and Press Releases 28. Proposals 29. Résumés PART FOUR: SPECIAL PROJECTS 30. Research on the Internet 31. Crediting Outside Sources 32. Recurring Projects 33. Long-term Projects 34. Collaborative Projects 35. The Spoken Word 36. Editing Other People's Drafts 37. Writing for Others PART FIVE: CORRECTNESS--USAGE. 38. Confusing Words 39. One Word or Two? 40. Spelling 41. Capitalization 42. Abbreviations and Numbers 43. Correct Pronouns 44. Consistent Pronouns 45. Pronouns: Avoiding Vagueness 46. Verbs: Agreement with Subjects 47. Verbs: Consistent Tenses 48. Word Endings PART SIX: CORRECTNESS--PUNCTUATION 49. Periods: Avoiding Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences 50. Commas 51. Semicolons and Colons 52. Dashes and Parentheses 53. Hyphens 54. Apostrophes 55. Quotation Marks 56. Italicizing (Underlining) or Quoting Titles APPENDIX Sample Memo Sample Bad News Memo Sample Letter Sample Letter of Recommendation Sample Meeting Agenda Two Sample Press Releases Sample Cover Letter Sample Résumé (Emphasis on Accomplishments) Sample Résumé (Emphasis on Skills) Sample Résumé (Limited Experience) Sample Résumé (Significant Experience) "Shortcuts for 'Word' The Anatomy of a Sentence: How to Diagram A List of Important References Index
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Business writing.