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Rewrite right! : your guide to perfectly polished prose / Jan Venolia.

Venolia, Jan. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1580082394
  • ISBN: 9781580082396
  • Physical Description: ix, 189 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, ©2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Why Rewrite? -- Writing and Editing in the 21st Century -- The Internet as Writing Resource -- Outlining -- Writing and Revising -- Checking Spelling and Grammar -- Tracking Revisions -- Editing via E-Mail -- Two-Level Editing -- Editing Someone Else's Writing -- Editing Your Own Writing -- Style Sheet -- Proofreading -- First-Level Editing: Content -- Write to Your Audience -- Have a Plan -- Grab Their Attention -- Make It Clear -- First-Level Editing: Style -- Trim the Lard -- Know Your Words -- Cut Cliches and Hackneyed Expressions -- Speak Out -- Jettison Jargon -- Evoke Images -- Watch Small Words -- Second-Level Editing: Punctuation -- Apostrophes -- Colons -- Commas -- Dashes -- Exclamation Points -- Hyphens -- Parentheses -- Periods -- Question Marks -- Quotation Marks -- Semicolons -- Second-Level Editing: Grammar -- Agreement -- Pronouns -- Adjectives and Adverbs -- Verbs -- Parallel Structure -- No-Fault Sentences -- Second-Level Editing: Mechanical Style -- Capitalization -- Numbers -- Spelling -- Quotations -- Word Division -- Document Integrity -- Document Appearance.

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Subject:
English language > Business English.
English language > Rhetoric.
English language > Style.
Business writing.
Editing.
Business writing.
Editing.
English language > Business English.
English language > Rhetoric.
English language > Style.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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