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Office Guide

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ISBN-10: 0130945242

ISBN-13: 9780130945242

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Linda Mallinson

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Description:

This concise yet comprehensive reference handbook provides a visual overview of major grammar and punctuation rules, correct word usage, filing rules, mailing information, time zones, and document formats including rèsumès. It serves as an excellent source of information for anyone entering the workforce and in need of creating accurate and correctly formatted written communications. Other chapter topics cover confusing words, foreign words, abbreviations, spelling of common USA and international cities, proofreading marks, capitalization, and number usage. For office professionalssecretaries, administrative assistants, machine transcription operators, and clerical/support staff.
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Book details

List price: $31.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/16/2001
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

General Reference
Confusing Words
Other Troublesome Words
Foreign Words
Proofreaders' Marks
Word Division Rules
Spacing Rules
Address Rules and Guidelines
Two-Letter State Abbreviations
Abbreviations Street Addresses
Common U.S
Cities
International Mail
Time Zones
Time Differences
Grammar and Punctuation
Glossary of Grammar Terms
Periods
Lists
Requests
Question Mark
Series
Commas
Academic Degrees
Adverb Too
Appositions
Company Names
Compound Sentences
Consecutive Adjectives
Contrasting Expressions
Dates
Dependent Clauses
Direct Address
Infinitive Phrases
And Sr
Numbers
Omitted Words
Parenthetical Phrases
Participial Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
Quotations
Repeated Words
Series
Transitional Expressions
Semicolon
Dependent Clauses in a Series
Independent Clauses with Internal Punctuation
Independent Clauses without a Connective
Series with Internal Punctuation
Transitional Expressions
Colon
Following an Independent Clause
Quotation Marks
Direct Quotations
Paragraphs
Placement of Commas and Periods
Placement of Question Marks and Exclamation Points
Placement of Semicolon and Colon
Reference Sources, Articles, Poems, Radio and TV Programs
Slang or Unusual Words
Hyphen
Between Compound Adjectives
Consecutive Numbers and Time Passage
Self, Re, Co
Series Modifying the Same Noun
Apostrophe
Compound Words
Contractions
Joint Ownership
Plurals of Figures, Letters, Symbols, and Words
Possessives Used with Gerunds
Possessives: Words Ending in S
Possessives: Words Not Ending inS
Proper Names That End with the Sound of S or Z
Parentheses
Enumerated Items
Figures Written in Words
Punctuation
Capitalization
Books, Magazines, Articles, Speeches
Business and Organizations
Compass Points
Course Titles, Subjects, Degrees
Departments, Divisions, Sections, Committees and Boards
Documents and Laws
Government Agencies
Job Titles
Letters and Numbers
Places: Buildings, Rooms, Rivers, Streets, Mountains, and Monuments
Quoted Sentence
Races and Languages
Trade Names
Dash
Before Summarizing Words
In Place of Other Punctuation
To Stress Single Words
With Repetitions Restatements
Numbers
Above and Below Ten
Above & Below 10 in Sentence
Ages
Amounts of $1 or More
Amounts under $1
Amounts of a Million or More
A.M. Beginning of a Sentence
Combinations
Dates
Days
Decimals
Fractions
Measurements
Months
Over a Million
Ordinals
Percentages
P.M. Years
Money
Amounts of $1 or More
Amounts under $1
Amounts over a Million
Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions
Decimals
Fractions
Percentages
Time
A.M., P.M., and O'clock
Days, Months, Years
Abbreviations
Academic Degrees
Business Names
Business Terms
Organizations
Radio and TV
Titles
Subject Pronoun Verb Agreement
Collective Nouns
Each, Every, Any
Either Or
Ending in S That Are Plural
Ending in S That Aren't Plural
Ending in S with pair of
Fractions
Inverted Sentences
Nouns Ending in ics
Plural Indefinite Pronouns
Pronoun You
Singular Indefinite Pronouns
Some, Most, All
Subject Phrase
Word Number
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Agreement in Number
Agreement in Person
Agreement with or and nor
Verb Tense Agreement
Future Perfect Tense
Future Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Tense
Document Formats