Style Guide for Business Writing: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781547416189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 390 str.

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Opis

Earlier edition published in 1996 as The AMA style guide for business writing / from the editors at the American Management Association.

Spis treści

A  1

A or an  1

Abbreviation  1

Abridgement  6

Abstracts  6

Accessibility  7

Acknowledgments  8

Acronyms  8

Active and passive voice  9

Adnouns  12

Afterword  12

Agreement  12

Alphabetizing  17

Annotations  21

Annualization  22

Anonymous publication  23

Anthology  23

Antonyms  24

Appendices  25

Appositives  25

Apps  26

Archive  26

Articles  27

Artwork  29

Attribution  30

B  33

Backmatter  33

Baseline  34

Bibliography  36

Blogging  37

Budgets and forecasts  37

Bullet points  39

C  41

Callouts and sidebars  41

Capitalization  41

Captions  44

Case studies  45

Casual assertions and inferences  46

Charts and Graphs  48

Circa (ca.) 57

Circular arguments  57

Citations  58

Clauses  64

Cleft sentences  65

Cliches  66

Coinage of words  73

Colloquialism  73

Compound Words  74

Conclusions  75

Copyright  76

Cross reference  77

D  81

Dangling modifiers  81

Data analysis  81

Databases  85

Data collection methods  85

Data matrices  86

Dates and times  87

Decimals, fractions, and percentages  92

Definitions  96

Denotation and connotation  98

Derivative work  99

Descriptive statistics and inference  99

Desktop publishing  100

Dictionaries  101

Double negatives  101

Dysphemism  101

E  103

Editing and proofreading  103

e.g. and i.e. 106

Electronic mail (email) 106

Electronic mail formatting guidelines  108

Emphasis  109

Empirical approach  114

Endnotes  115

et al. 115

Euphemism  116

F  117

Fact checking  117

False subjects  117

Figure of speech  118

File naming  119

Financial reports  120

Flowcharts  122

Footnotes  124

G  127

Generalizations  127

Gerunds  128

Glossary formatting  128

Graphics  129

H  131

Headings  131

Highlighting in text  132

Homonyms  135

Hyperbole  135

Hyperlinks  136

Hypothesis formulation  136

I  139

Ibid. 139

Idiom  139

Imperative sentences  140

Indexing  141

Introductions, forewords and prefaces  143

Irony  145

J, K  147

Jargon  147

L  151

Legends, titles, and labels  151

Letters  152

Lists  163

M  169

Manuscripts  169

Mathematical symbols  171

Means testing  175

Measurement strategies  175

Memos  177

Metadata  179

Metaphors  180

Money and currency  180

N  183

Nominative, objective, and possessive pronouns  183

Numerals and numbering  184

O  191

Obfuscation  191

Objective and goal statements  192

Online etiquette  194

Op. Cit. 196

Organization charts  197

Outlining  199

P  203

Paradox  203

Paragraphs  203

Parallelism  207

Parentheses and brackets  209

Participles  213

Parts of speech  213

Patents  234

Peer review  234

Photographs  235

Planning documents  236

Possessives  239

Presentations  240

Problem statement  242

Procedures manuals  243

Proposals  246

Punctuation  248

Q  269

Quotations  269

R  273

Redundancy and repetition  273

Relative clauses  274

Reports  275

Rhetorical questions  278

Rhythm in sentences  278

Roman numerals  279

Run-in quotations  280

Run-on sentences and sentence fragments  281

S  283

Salutations  283

Sampling  285

Sarcasm  286

Scaling  287

Scientific method  289

Screen shots  290

Sentences  291

Sexist writing  296

Signs and symbols  298

Similar words  299

Similes  317

Singular and plural  318

Spacing  321

Spelling  323

Statistical references  329

Style and tone  329

Suffixes  332

Summarizing  333

Superscript and subscript  334

Symbolism  335

Synonyms  336

T, U  339

Table of contents  339

Tables  340

Technical writing  341

Tenses  342

Titles  343

Trademarks  344

Transitions  345

Translations  349

V  351

Variable measurements  351

Variable relationships  351

Video best practices  352

W  355

Webinar and conference call etiquette  355

Webpage references and citation  356

Websites  356

Word processing  357

X, Y  361

X and y axes  361

Z  363

Zombie nouns  363

Index  365

O autorze

Michael C. Thomsett, Business and Investment Writer, Nashville, Tennessee, USA