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Informationen zum Autor RICHARD LAUCHMAN through his company The Lauchman Group, has been training professionals, in the area of writing, for over 25 years. Klappentext Are drafting memos, composing emails, and other forms of written communication taking up too much of your workday? Discover the 18 commonsense punctuation principles that convey your meaning in a timely and professional manner. Zusammenfassung Through his company the Lauchman Group! author Richard Lauchman has trained professionals in the area of business writing for over thirty years. Now! in this essential guide! he reveals how good punctuation is the key to clear written communication and to emphasizing ideas without the help of vocal tone or facial cues. Using eighteen common-sense grammar principles to live by! he teaches readers how to improve their business writing and provides them with the tools to make the whole process go a lot faster--doing away with time-wasting fretting over the placement of a mark and any confusion or accidental unprofessionalism in your compositions. In Punctuation at Work! you'll discover how to utilize all of the most important marks--from hyphens to semicolons to brackets to quotation marks . . . to ellipses--as well as how to overcome the eternal struggle between using "that" and "which!" and much more. With hundreds of examples taken from today's workplaces! this book explains the many ways correct punctuation makes successful business writing a breeze. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Introduction Author's Note Definitions What You Need to Know First: 19 Principles 1. Punctuation can't rescue sense from nonsense. 2. The main reason to punctuate is to clarify your intent. 3. One of punctuation's tasks is to supply the various signals given by the voice. 4. In workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly. 5. Punctuation should be invisible. 6. Punctuation follows the arrangement of words. 7. Punctuation indicates how ideas relate. 8. Punctuation suggests how much emphasis an idea deserves. 9. Punctuation slows the reading. 10. Don't count too much on context to make your meaning plain. 11. Know the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive expressions. 12. Respect the distinction between that and which. 13. When is punctuation optional? 14. Use the serial comma. 15. When do I separate adjectives with a comma? 16. Use the hyphen to clarify "improvised usage.” 17. Sometimes, no matter how you punctuate, a reader is going to think it's wrong. 18. Feed your head. 19. When you see an odd usage, consider the source. The Marks • Apostrophe • Brackets • Colon • Comma • Dash • Ellipsis • Hyphen • Parentheses • Period • Question Mark • Quotation Marks • Semicolon • Slash • Punctuating Common Sentence Structures Appendix: How to List Ideas Notes Index ...
