Essential Grammar for Business
- 1h 20m
- Ellen Jovin
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- 2019
Reliable, authoritative, and designed to ease grammar anxiety!
Words are the currency of every business transaction. They persuade, inspire, educate and clarify. Essential Grammar for Business offers guidance to professionals perplexed by proper comma placement, dangling modifiers or the difference between who and whom. With a better understanding of the building blocks, readers will be better equipped to focus on the other ingredients of good business writing such as content, clarity and style. This book is fun, fast-paced, and easy to use.
About the Author
Ellen Jovin is a co-founder and principal of Syntaxis, a communication skills training firm based in New York City. She has taught business writing, email etiquette, and grammar at companies throughout the U.S. in all major industries. Previously she worked as a professional writer, creating marketing and advertising materials for corporate clients, and before that as a freelance journalist specializing in business, finance, and technology. Ellen earned a B.A. in German studies from Harvard University and an M.A. in comparative literature from UCLA.
In this Book
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Parts of Speech
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Sentence Structure
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Punctuation
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Minding the Details
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Special Topics in Formatting
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Common Verb Errors and Problems
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Common Pronoun Errors and Problems
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Sticky Structures
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Picking the Right Words and Forms
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Chronic Sources of Grammar Confusion
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Grammar Superstitions