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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width x depth: 176x106x14 mm, weight: 190 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 21-Nov-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 152930346X
  • ISBN-13: 9781529303469
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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.
Introduction. The Foundation of Good Writing xi
Chapter 1 Parts of Speech
1(18)
1.1 Nouns
3(2)
1.2 Pronouns
5(1)
1.3 Verbs
6(5)
1.3.1 Action Verbs
6(2)
1.3.2 Linking Verbs
8(1)
1.3.3 Auxiliary Verbs
9(2)
1.4 Adjectives
11(1)
1.5 Adverbs
12(1)
1.6 Prepositions
13(1)
1.7 Conjunctions
14(4)
1.7.1 Coordinating Conjunctions
14(1)
1.7.2 Subordinating Conjunctions
15(2)
1.7.3 Correlative Conjunctions
17(1)
1.8 Interjections
18(1)
Chapter 2 Sentence Structure
19(8)
2.1 Dependent and Independent Clauses
20(2)
2.2 Sentence Types
22(2)
2.2.1 Simple Sentences
22(1)
2.2.2 Compound Sentences
22(1)
2.2.3 Complex Sentences
23(1)
2.3 Run-on Sentences
24(3)
Chapter 3 Punctuation
27(36)
3.1 Periods
28(2)
3.1.1 In Other Words: Full Stops
28(1)
3.1.2 Periods After Abbreviations Ending in a Period
29(1)
3.1.3 Periods in Times of Day
29(1)
3.2 Commas
30(20)
3.2.1 The Oxford Comma
31(2)
3.2.2 Commas Between Coordinate Clauses
33(1)
3.2.3 Commas After Introductory Phrases
34(1)
3.2.4 Commas with Parenthetical Words and Phrases
35(1)
3.2.5 Commas with Appositives
35(2)
3.2.6 Commas with Relative Clauses
37(4)
3.2.7 Commas Between Adjectives
41(2)
3.2.8 Commas Before Quotations
43(1)
3.2.9 Commas with Dates and Places
43(1)
3.2.10 Commas with Inc. and Jr.
44(1)
3.2.11 Commas with Dependent Clauses
45(2)
3.2.12 Comma Splices
47(1)
3.2.13 Commas with As Well As
48(1)
3.2.14 Commas Before Too
49(1)
3.3 Semicolons
50(4)
3.3.1 Semicolons Between Independent Clauses
50(1)
3.3.2 Semicolons with Conjunctive Adverbs
51(1)
3.3.3 Semicolons in Complex Lists
52(2)
3.4 Colons
54(2)
3.5 Dashes
56(7)
3.5.1 Dashes for Clarity
57(1)
3.5.2 Dashes for Drama
58(1)
3.5.3 En Dashes
59(4)
Chapter 4 Minding the Details
63(22)
4.1 Parentheses and Brackets
64(2)
4.2 Quotation Marks
66(3)
4.2.1 Quotation Marks for Emphasis (Don't Do It!)
66(1)
4.2.2 Quotation Marks with Commas and Periods
67(1)
4.2.3 Quotation Marks with Question Marks and Exclamation Points
68(1)
4.2.4 Quotation Marks and Semicolons
69(1)
4.3 Capitalization
69(4)
4.3.1 Capitalization of Proper Nouns
69(1)
4.3.2 Capitalization of Titles and Headings
70(1)
4.3.3 Overcapitalization
71(2)
4.4 Apostrophes
73(6)
4.4.1 Possessives of Singular Nouns
73(1)
4.4.2 Possessives of Plural Nouns
74(1)
4.4.3 Joint Ownership
75(1)
4.4.4 No Apostrophes in Possessive Pronouns
76(1)
4.4.5 Some Other Places Not to Use Apostrophes
77(2)
4.5 Hyphens
79(6)
Chapter 5 Special Topics in Formatting
85(16)
5.1 Number Format
86(2)
5.2 Bullet Format
88(8)
5.2.1 Bulleted Lists of Simple Phrases
88(2)
5.2.2 Bulleted Lists and Parallelism
90(1)
5.2.3 Bulleted Lists of Sentences
91(2)
5.2.4 Punctuation Before Bulleted Lists
93(3)
5.3 Spaces After Periods and Other End Punctuation
96(2)
5.4 Citing Books and Other Works in Your Writing
98(3)
Chapter 6 Common Verb Errors and Problems
101(18)
6.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
102(10)
6.1.1 Subjects That Appear to Be Plural But Aren't
103(1)
6.1.2 Subjects and Prepositional Phrases
104(1)
6.1.3 Agreement with the Word Number
105(1)
6.1.4 Agreement with Each, Neither, and Either
106(1)
6.1.5 Agreement with Either/or and Neither/Nor
107(1)
6.1.6 Plural Units, Singular Concepts
107(1)
6.1.7 Verb Forms After Who
108(1)
6.1.8 Agreement with Collective Nouns
109(1)
6.1.9 Agreement with None
110(1)
6.1.10 Agreement with Percentages
111(1)
6.2 Passive Voice
112(2)
6.3 Common Errors in Verb Form
114(5)
6.3.1 Prickly Past Tenses and Past Participles
115(1)
6.3.2 Multiple Coexisting Verb Forms
116(1)
6.3.3 Forms of To Lie and To Lay
117(1)
6.3.4 Of as a Verb Substitute
118(1)
Chapter 7 Common Pronoun Errors and Problems
119(18)
7.1 Personal Pronouns
120(2)
7.2 Who vs. Whom
122(4)
7.3 Singular Gender-Neutral Pronouns
126(4)
7.4 Is That That Removable?
130(2)
7.5 Whose Used with Things
132(1)
7.6 That vs. Who/Whom
132(1)
7.7 That vs. Which
133(4)
Chapter 8 Sticky Structures
137(10)
8.1 Misplaced Modifiers
138(2)
8.2 Dangling Modifiers
140(1)
8.3 Parallelism
141(3)
8.4 Multiple Instances of And in a List
144(3)
Chapter 9 Picking the Right Words and Forms
147(10)
9.1 A vs. An Before Abbreviations
148(1)
9.2 Unique
149(1)
9.3 Using i.e. and e.g.
150(2)
9.4 Nonwords
152(1)
9.5 Accept vs. Except
153(1)
9.6 Affect vs. Effect
154(1)
9.7 Commonly Misspelled Words
155(1)
9.8 Resume, Resume, or Resume?
155(2)
Chapter 10 Chronic Sources of Grammar Confusion
157(10)
10.1 Does English Have Subjunctive?
158(2)
10.2 Counterfactual Statements About the Present
160(1)
10.3 Counterfactual Statements About the Past
161(2)
10.4 Present Participles vs. Gerunds
163(1)
10.5 Possessives Before Gerunds
164(1)
10.6 Present Perfect vs. Past Tense
164(1)
10.7 Name That Verb!
165(2)
Chapter 11 Grammar Superstitions
167(8)
11.1 Beginning with Because
168(2)
11.2 Split Infinitives
170(2)
11.3 Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
172(2)
11.4 Contractions Are Fine
174(1)
Conclusion 175(2)
Appendix: Parts of Speech 177(6)
About the Author 183(2)
About Syntaxis 185(2)
Index 187
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.