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HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)
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HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)

by Bryan A. Garner
January 2013
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 6m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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Index

A  | B  | C  | D  | E  | F  | GH  | I  | J  | L  | M  | N  | O  | PR  | S  | T  | U  | V  | W  | Y

acronyms, 96–97

adverbs, 144–145, 147–148

all caps, 158, 167

Alred, Gerald J., 122

and, starting a sentence with, 83–84, 143–144

apostrophes, improper use of, 155–156, 160–161

appositives, 150–151, 156

Architect phase, 13–14, 16, 21–26, 140

articles, (a, an, the), don’t drop, 53

as per, 62, 111, 113

attached please find, 62

audience

connecting with, 9–10

consideration for, 111–116, 123–124

for letters, 4–6

holding readers’ attention, 91–97

motivating to act, 116–118

nonspecialists, 44–45

perspective of, 43–44

understanding readers, 7–11

who you’re writing for, 8

Babenroth, A. Charles, 121–122

Bartholomew, Wallace E., 121

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