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The following resources contributed to the development of this cutting-edge seminar. Check them out.

bulletBaugh, L. Sue, Jaridell Fryar, and David Thomas. Handbook for Business Writing. Chicago, NTC Business Books, 1994.
bulletBlake, Gary, and Robert W. Bly. The Elements of Business Writing. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1991.
bulletBly, Robert. The Copywriter’s Handbook. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1985.
bulletThe Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.
bulletElbow, Peter. Writing Without Teachers. London: Oxford University, 1973.
bulletGraves, Richard L., Ed. Rhetoric and Composition: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1990.
bulletHall, Donald, and Sven Birkerts. Writing Well. New York: Longman, 1998.
bulletHeffernan, James A., and John E. Lincoln. Writing: A College Handbook. New York: W. W. Norton, 1990.
bulletHerman, William. The Portable English Handbook. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982.
bulletHowell, James F., and Dean Memering. Brief Handbook for Writers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989.
bulletJudd, Karen. Copyediting: A Practical Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, 1990.
bulletKane, Thomas S. The New Oxford Guide to Writing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
bulletKirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. Writing: A College Rhetoric. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985.
bulletLanham, Richard A. Revising Business Prose. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
bulletLederer, Richard. Fractured English. New York: Pocket Books, 1996.
bulletLindemann, Erika. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
bulletMinter, James F. The Big Book of Pencil Pastimes. New York: Bristol Park Books, 1978.
bulletMurray, Donald M. A Writer Teaches Writing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
bulletProvost, Gary. 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing. New York: Mentor, 1985.
bulletPyles, Thomas, and John Algeo. The Origins and Development of the English Language. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1982.
bulletSebranek, Patrick, Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. Writers Inc.: A Guide to Writing, Thinking, and Learning. Burlington, WI: Write Source, 1990.
bulletStrunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, 3rd Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1979.
bulletTate, Gary, and Edward Corbett. The Writing Teacher’s Sourcebook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
bulletTheibert, Philip R. Business Writing for Busy People. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 1996.
bulletWebster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1987.
bulletWilliams, Joseph M. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. New York: Longman, 1997.
bulletZinsser, William. On Writing Well. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
 

 

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