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Title: Righting Words: An Indispensable Guide to Putting Words in Their Place
Publisher: Brandylane/White Stone (VA)
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1883911192
ISBN 13: 9781883911195
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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This is a compact, at-a-glance guide for home and business writers in a busy world, a necessity for students, professionals, Internet and e-mail users. Included are over five hundred of the most commonly misused English words and phrases, a complete list of punctuation rules, elements of grammar and foreign phrases, and a handy, easy-to-use index for locating specific words, phrases and rules. With the advent of the personal computer and rapid, global communication via the Internet and e-mail, our business and personal lives are becoming dependent on writing as never before. What and how we write may make a profound statement about us and our business and can proliferate beyond our control to vast audiences. This book offers a simple, user-friendly approach to everyday problems of usage, punctuation, structure, and foreign phrases that plague all writers-- providing quick, simple solutions for a busy world.

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Julian Tonning was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, grew up in Georgia, and was graduated in 1978 from the University of Georgia. He later received an MBA from the University of San Diego. He received a commission in the U.S. Navy in 1980 and currently is serving as the Senior Combat Systems Inspector for the Board of Inspection and Survey, Atlantic, in Norfolk, Virginia.

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