Booher's rules of business grammar : (Record no. 54770)

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Personal name Booher, Dianna Daniels.
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Title Booher's rules of business grammar :
Remainder of title 101 fast and easy ways to correct the most common errors /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Dianna Booher.
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Title proper/short title Rules of business grammar
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. McGraw-Hill,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2009.
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Extent xxii, 294 p. ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.
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Formatted contents note Acknowledgments --<br/>Introduction: No louding --<br/>Part 1: Verbosity About Verbs: The Big Blunders --<br/>1: Let's dialogue about verbing words : turning perfectly fine nouns into verbs --<br/>2: She went missing: sucking the life out of strong verbs --<br/>3: Staying regular: irregular verbs --<br/>4: He don't understand: the irregular verb to do --<br/>5: They had went to my office earlier in the day: the irregular verb to go --<br/>6: He come back from overseas early: the irregular verb to come --<br/>7: I seen him leave: the irregular verb to see --<br/>8: Lie or lay before I knock you off your feet: the lie/lay limbo --<br/>9: He came, he saw, he conquered: don't be lax about tense changes --<br/>10: If I was you: wishful thinking and the subjunctive mood --<br/>11: Pushy people demanding their way: the subjunctive mood continued --<br/>12: There's problems with that!: expletive deleted --<br/>13: I wish I may, I wish I might could you tell me which verb to use tonight? : the may/might dilemma --<br/>14: Sue is one who: the one of a kind or one of a category argument --<br/>15: Separation anxiety: subjects and verbs that get split apart --<br/>16: Which end is up?: complements of the verb or the chef --<br/>17: Acting alone or with accomplices?: verbs after collective nouns --<br/>18: None of your business: definitely indefinite pronouns --<br/>19: Total 'em up: verbs with time, money, quantities, fractions, and percentages --<br/>20: Kaleidoscope effect : a and the before amounts --<br/>21: Seesaw effect: either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also --<br/>Part 2: Pesky Pronouns: The Understudies --<br/>22: Just between you and I: the case for objective pronouns --<br/>23: Me and Pongo know him: the case for nominative pronouns --<br/>24: Me, myself, and I: reflexive pronouns flexing their muscles --<br/>25: To whom it may concern: who versus whom --<br/>26: She's taller than me: pronouns after than --<br/>27: You know what they always say about that: unclear references --<br/>28: Which hunts: that versus which --<br/>29: Is Shamu a who?: people who or that? --<br/>Part 3: Modifier Mishaps --<br/>30: Misplaced modifiers that mystify: putting them in their place --<br/>31: Can you hook me up?: dangling modifiers --<br/>32: Which is what I always say: dangling whichs --<br/>33: Troublesome twosomes: one word or two? --<br/>34: Learn this backwards and forwards: the unnecessary-S --<br/>35: Honor or an honor to be here?: the articles: a or an? Part 4: Adjective And Adverb Attitudes --<br/>36: She did things different: adjectives modifying verbs-a no-no --<br/>37: Team played real good: well versus good --<br/>38: This job is more simpler than what I had before: comparing with more and most --<br/>39: It's the most unique gift I've ever received!: unique, round, square, surrounded, perfect-or not? --<br/>40: This checkout-20 items or less: less versus fewer --<br/>41: He has over a million miles on that airline: over versus more than --<br/>42: I like smaller cars: incomplete comparisons --<br/>Part 5: Parallel Bars And Balance Beams --<br/>43: To balance or not to balance-that is the question parallelism perfected --<br/>44: I worked, waited, and was rewarded: parallelism with a viewpoint change --<br/>45: Verbs with attitude: active and passive voice --<br/>46: Time marches on-but at the same pace: don't be lax about tense changes --<br/>Part 6: Punctuation Problems --<br/>47: Comma hiccups: unnecessary commas --<br/>48: Comma clauses and pauses: essential or nonessential-that is the question --<br/>49: Hi Hank, what do you think Frank?: commas when addressing people directly --<br/>50: Dear spike: punctuation after salutations --<br/>51: She needs no introduction: commas to introduce --<br/>52: Punctuation powerless: run-ons-semicolons slip-sliding away --<br/>53: One car, two cars, three cars, four: commas to separate equal things --<br/>54: Alpha and the Omega: enclosing commas come in pairs --<br/>55: Colon scope-here's the scoop: colons before a list --<br/>56: Fragmented thoughts: unintentional fragments --<br/>57: Would you send me your address please: indirect questions and softened commands --<br/>58: Can you hear me now?: indirect quotations --<br/>59: Inside or outside?: where, oh where, do the quotation marks go? --<br/>60: Ripley's believe it or not: quotation marks to change the tone or the meaning --<br/>61: Spare tires: single quotation marks --<br/>Part 7: Perplexing Possessives --<br/>62: Whatever possessed me!: it's versus its --<br/>63: Who's on firsts?: whose versus who's --<br/>64: Why are you so possessive?: plurals confused with possessives --<br/>65: Yours, mine, and ours: joint ownership-who gets the apostrophe? --<br/>66: Do you love me-or what I can do for you?: possessives before gerunds --<br/>67: It's about time: possessives with time and amounts --<br/>68: Overly possessive: descriptive or possessive? Part 8: Reminders About Redundancies --<br/>69: Past experience-is there any other kind?: little-word padding and redundant ideas --<br/>70: Continue on : redundant verb add-ons --<br/>71: Subject matter worth discussing: redundant nouns --<br/>72: Reason is because: doublespeak --<br/>73: Going to bat for that's: do you need the that? --<br/>74: I get your point-but do you get mine?: et cetera and so forth --<br/>75: Where's he at?: unnecessary prepositions --<br/>Part 9: Miscellaneous Matters --<br/>76: Oh, say, can you see?: mispronunciation --<br/>77: What are the odds to start?: starting a sentence with a number --<br/>78: Nonsense: nonwords, fillers, and colloquialisms --<br/>79: You should of known better!: contractions that aren't --<br/>80: Got trouble?: have versus got? --<br/>81: Make a dash for it: distinct uses for hyphens and dashes --<br/>82: Dash away, dash away, dash away all: dashes versus well-organized sentences --<br/>83: No death knell for the hyphen: hyphens before related adjectives --<br/>84: Matching body parts: correlative links --<br/>85: Up a tree without a paddle: mixed metaphors --<br/>86: As much or more than most: prepackaged comparisons --<br/>87: Doing the splits: split infinitives --<br/>88: Without just cause: without: what it can and can't do --<br/>89: Getting top billing: phrasal prepositions --<br/>90: Branding issue: capitalization rules for the road --<br/>91: Name, rank, and serial number: capitalization with titles and positions --<br/>92: Undercapitalized with no regrets: the case for lowercase --<br/>Part 10: Misspelled And Misused Words --<br/>93: Would you spell that for me?: frequently misspelled words --<br/>94: May I see your references, please?: spelling rules for plural forms --<br/>95: Messing with my head: hyphenate? solid? two words? --<br/>96: I resemble that remark: affect versus effect --<br/>97: Do I have your guarantee? ensure, insure, assure? --<br/>98: It's a matter of principle: principle versus principal --<br/>99: Good example: eg versus ie --<br/>100: How are you? nauseated versus nauseous --<br/>101: Is success imminent?: eminent versus imminent --<br/>Bibliography --<br/>Resources by Dianna Booher --<br/>For more information --<br/>Index.
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Summary, etc. Easy memory tricks to ensure propergrammar in business presentations, emails,letters, and much more
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Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
General subdivision Business English.
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General subdivision Grammar.
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