Business and professional writing: a basic guide

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Plain Language -- Business Communication versus Academic Writing -- Plain Language -- Exercises -- ch. 2 The Seven Cs of Good Professional Communication -- Introduction -- 1. Clear -- 2. Concise -- 3. Concrete and Specific -- 4.Complete -- 5. Courteous -- 6. Coherent -- Exercise: Identifying Transitions -- 7. Constructive -- Conclusion -- Quiz on the Seven Cs -- ch. 3 The Eighth C: Learning Grammar Language -- Introduction -- Grammar Language -- Parts of Speech -- Sentences and Clauses -- Conjunctions -- Quiz on Sentences -- Clauses and Conjunctions Determine Punctuation -- Punctuation -- Review of Commas, Semicolons, and Colons -- Quiz on Punctuation -- Grammar Odds and Ends -- Quick Quiz -- Conclusion -- Quiz #1 on Grammar -- Quiz #2 on Grammar -- Quiz #3 on Clauses -- ch. 4 Copy-Editing -- Introduction: What Is Copy-Editing? -- Using Spellcheck -- Other Copy-Editing Tasks -- Copy-Editing Symbols -- Using a Word Processor for Copy-Editing

Note continued: Conclusion -- Copy-Editing Exercise -- ch. 5 Basic Document Design -- Introduction: The Importance of Good Document Design -- Modular Design -- Lists -- List Review -- Exercise on Lists --…