The Gregg reference manual : a manual of style, grammar, usage, and formatting / William A. Sabin.

For more than 50 years, this manual has been recognized as the best style manual for business professionals and students. The basic rules that apply to the most frequent problems are covered as thoroughly as the fine points of the problems that occur less often. The colorful examples and illustratio...

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Main Author: Sabin, William A.
Language:English
Published: Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Tenth edition.
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Physical Description:xvi, 688 pages ; 24 cm
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505 0 |a Preface / William A. Sabin -- Acknowledgements -- How to look things up -- Part 1. Grammar, usage, and style. Sec. 1. Punctuation : major marks -- Sec. 2. Punctuation : other marks -- Sec. 3. Capitalization -- Sec. 4. Numbers -- Sec. 5. Abbreviations -- Sec. 6. Plurals and possessives -- Sec. 7. Spelling -- Sec. 8. Compound words -- Sec. 9. Word division -- Sec. 10. Grammar -- Sec. 11. Usage -- Part 2. Techniques and formats. Sec. 12. Editing and proofreading -- Sec. 13. Letters, memos, and e-mail -- Sec. 14. Reports and manuscripts -- Sec. 15. Notes and bibliographies -- Sec. 16. Tables -- Sec. 17. Other business documents -- Sec. 18. Forms of address -- Part 3. References -- Appendix A. Essays on the nature of style -- Appendix B. Pronunciation problems -- Appendix C. Rules for alphabetic filing -- Appendix D. Glossary of Grammatical terms -- Index. 
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