Working with Words in Business and Legal Writing

On Sale: Jan 9, 2018
Page Count: 144 pages
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN-13: 9781541672581

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Written to help the business person gain a grammatical advantage on his or her competition, Working with Words in Business and Legal Writing is a quick and complete guide to writing clear and concise e-mails, letters, and reports. By using real-world before-and-after examples from her workshop, Dr. Lynne Agress examines and explains the most common grammatical pitfalls in business writing and helps the reader focus on avoiding confusing and incorrect language.

Some of the topics Dr. Agress focuses on are: transitional phrases, use of voice, awkward sentence structures, proper punctuation, tone, jargon and pretentious prose. With special sections on selecting a writing workshop, or consultant, communicating over the Internet and editing others’ work, Working with Words in Business and Legal Writing provides the quickest way to clear communication for business in the twenty-first century.

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Lynne Agress

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Lynn Agress, Ph.D is the founder of Business Writing at Its Best, Inc., a traveling writing workshop for various businesses in the United States. Her clients include Hewlett Packard, UNISYS, Chase Manhattan, Sallie Mae, and Price Waterhouse. She lives in Maryland.

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