The Amazing Anthology of Writing, Grammar, and Vocabulary Tips: For People Who Are Short on Time--and Short on Patience! - Softcover

Kerrigan, Kim; Wells, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972225072 ISBN 13: 9780972225076

Publisher: Corporate Classrooms, 2018

Synopsis

We are excited to share with you The Anthology of Amaz-ing Grammar, Writing, and Vocabulary Tips for People Who Are Short on Time—and Short on Patience! This book is a compilation of our most popular grammar, writing, and vocabulary guide-lines chosen from our twenty-five years of conducing grammar and writing workshops to thousands of people throughout the United States and Mexico.In creating this three-part anthology, our goal was to offer both beginning and seasoned writers a resource for finding correct solutions to their writing challenges quickly and clearly. We also wanted to show these writers how to improve and enhance all of their writing (whether for per-sonal, academic, or professional purposes) with correct punctuation, proper language usage, and the most rele-vant word choice for different situations.We aimed to make this anthology of grammar, writing, and vocabulary tips to be the easiest, simplest, and clear-est way to share our language skills expertise with any busy writer. So, no matter what your background or writing skills level is, our anthology is guaranteed to give you the ideas, solutions, answers, and suggestions you need quick-ly to ensure all of your writing is polished and proficient. We assure you this is not just another lengthy—and te-dious—anthology of writing concepts, and rules. It’s an en-ergizing anthology of vital information you need to im-prove your standing as a writer in your job or as a student or as a personal correspondent. The Anthology of Amazing Grammar, Writing, and Vocabulary Tips for People Who Are Short on Time—and Short on Patience, book is chockfull of current writing guidelines and tech-niques to enrich everything you write so you won’t waste your time, money, or effort! And, by adopting any or all of these guidelines and techniques, you are sure to produce writing that leaves a lasting impression with every sen-tence you compose.There are many helpful and authoritative books on the market today to improve your grammar, writing, and vo-cabulary skills. But this practical anthology—with its three very concise, yet timely and informative, sections on punc-tuation pointers, language usage strategies, and words for the wise is certain to provide you with the essential infor-mation writing you need to make all of your writing out-standing, especially when your short on time and short on patience!

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About the Author

Kim Kerrigan and Steven Wells Kim Kerrigan and Steven Wells cofounded Corporate Classrooms, a nationally recognized communication skills training firm, over twenty-five years ago. Since then, Mr. Kerrigan and Mr. Wells have presented workshops to thousands of business professionals to develop both their communication skills and self-confidence so these profes-sionals can succeed even further in today's workplace. Kim Kerrigan is a highly regarded corporate trainer and workshop presenter. He taught for several years on the secondary and college level prior to working in the educational publishing field in the sales, marketing, and editorial areas. Mr. Kerrigan's innovative training techniques are well-known for creating communication skills programs that are organized, stimulating, and relevant for business professionals at all levels. Moreover, his remarkable enthusiasm in presenting extremely interactive workshops has become a hallmark of Corporate Classrooms for over two decades. Mr. Kerrigan graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in English. His graduate work includes study at Harvard University; Temple University; Northern Illinois University; Fitchburg State University; and Minnesota State University, Mankato. Mr. Wells began work at a telecommunications firm in Chicago where he quickly rose to become Vice President of Engineering. Later, he started a successful software development company before cofounding Corporate Classrooms. Mr. Wells brings his extensive technology skills, combined with his solid leadership experience, to ensure business professionals develop more polished and profi-cient communication skills. He has been especially instrumental in adapting Corporate Classrooms' workshops for those in the Information Technology field. Mr. Wells graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engi-neering. Mr. Wells also completed the Executive Leadership Program at Vanderbilt University. In addition, Mr. Kerrigan and Mr. Wells are the coauthors of ten other books, including Get a Grip on Grammar, Get a Grip on Writing, Words for the Wise, Punctuation and Language Usage Made Easy, Get a Grip on Supervisory Skills, and Budget Basics. Both Mr. Kerrigan and Mr. Wells currently live in the Boston area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corporate Classrooms
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972225072
• ISBN 13: 9780972225076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352