English for careers : business, professional, and technical / Leila R. Smith.
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TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006Edition: Ninth editionDescription: xviii, 426 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0131183869 [paperback]Subject(s): English language -- Business English -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Technical English -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Contents: Dear student -- Pretest -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Word power: Enlarge your business vocabulary -- Chapter 2 Weather or knot: Choose the right words -- Chapter 3 Ain't is in the dictionary: Learn dictionary "smarts" -- Chapter 4 Grammar for grownups: Identify tools of the trade -- Chapter 5 Apples, tigers, and swahili: Tell who, whom, or what-nouns -- Chapter 6 Be kind to substitutes: Pronouns substitute for nouns -- Chapter 7 Looking for the action?: Then find the verbs! -- Chapter 8 Words that describe: Describe with adjectives and adverbs -- Chapter 9 The taming of the apostrophe: Avoid apostrophe catastrophe -- Chapter 10 Secret life of a sentence revealed: Say no to blunders and gaffes -- Chapter 11 The pauses that refresh: Use commas, exclamation mark, periods, question marks -- Chapter 12 Punctuation potpourri: Use ! . ? , as well as (;:"-_') -- Chapter 13 Get your act together: Write and speak clearly, correctly, logically, and concisely -- Chapter 14 Take your show on the road: Use today's vocabulary, "grammar for grownups," formatting, and presentation techniques -- Appendixes -- Index
System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Macintosh and Windows.
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