The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job, Revised & Fully Updated Second Edition
- 4h 7m
- Brenda Greene, Helen Cunningham
- McGraw-Hill
- 2013
While retaining all the valuable information that has made The Business Style Handbook a modern classic, the second edition provides new words, phrases and guidance to help you express yourself clearly, confidently and correctly on any digital platform.
New to this edition:
- Updated A-to-Z section with 250 new entries
- Best practices for email in a world of portable devices
- Insights from communications executives at global companies
About the Authors
Helen Cunningham is director of corporate communications at a financial services company in New York. Previously, she worked at The Economist Group as editor of Business Latin America. At Philip Morris International, she was a business communications specialist. She also worked on a joint venture in Moscow and teaches English as a foreign language.
Brenda Greene is the author of five books and a former editor at Whitney Communications, Working Woman magazine and the North Jersey Herald & News. She is co-author of The Web 2.0 Job Finder and the author of both editions of Get the Interview Every Time: Proven Resume and Cover Letter Strategies from Fortune 500 Hiring Professionals and You've Got the Interview ... Now What? She coauthored America's Girl: The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation, which won the International Swimming Hall of Fame 2010 Buck Dawson award.
In this Book
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Fortune 500 Survey Results
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Why Style Matters
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The Case for Standards
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Write with Purpose
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Email—Before You Hit Send
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a, an—awhile, a while
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B.A., B.S.—byproduct
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callback—czar
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dad—DVD
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e-—extranet
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50-50—FYI
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GAAP—guru
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hacker—hyphenated names
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I—-ize
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Japanese names—juvenile delinquent
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K—Kwanzaa
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lady—-ly
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M.A., M.S.—Myspace
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9/11—numbers
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observance, observation—oxymoron
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page number—push back, pushback
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Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4—quote, quotation
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rabbi—rulemaking
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sacred writings—systemic
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20/20—Twitter
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U.K.—U-turn
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v., vs.—votes
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wake-up call—wrongdoing
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x-axis—x-ray
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Y2K—yuan
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Zagat—zodiac
