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Reference Writing Skills

The Canadian Style

by (author) Dundurn Press Limited

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
May 2008
Category
Writing Skills, Style Manuals, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550028829
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $25.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554883172
    Publish Date
    Sep 1997
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

The revised edition of The Canadian Style continues to set the standard for English language usage in Canada. This reasonably priced handbook is cross-referenced, and indexed chapters make it easy to find the information you need. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, word division, spelling, the use of capital letters, italics, punctuation, quotations, prepositional usage, and frequently misused or confused words.

It deals with metric units, dates and other numerical expressions, and also covers letter, memo and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. New chapters give techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents, and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text.

The Canadian Style is an indispensable language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, secretaries and business people — in fact, anyone writing in the English language in Canada today.

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