Essential Grammar: A Write It Well Guide

  • 2h 24m
  • Natasha Terk
  • Write It Well
  • 2011

Faulty grammar can slow you down and diminish your credibility as a business writer. We’ve fully revised and updated our textbook for 2011; the book’s job-relevant exercises will increase your confidence and help you present a professional image when you write for work. Here are some of the skills the book helps you master:

  • Writing grammatically correct sentences
  • Using the right forms of pronouns and verbs
  • Distinguishing between commonly confused words
  • Knowing when and where to use punctuation marks

About the Author

Natasha Terk is the author of Professional Writing Skills: A Write It Well Guide and Writing Performance Reviews. She is the coauthor of E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide. As the president of Write It Well, she leads the firm's business operations and strategy.

Natasha holds master's degrees from the University of San Francisco and the University of Manchester, UK. She has served as a program officer at the Packard Foundation and as a management consultant with La Piana Consulting, and she serves on the board of the Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco.

Natasha has taught business writing at the University of California, Berkeley, and been a consultant for Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She leads on-site and online webinars and workshops for clients including Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Hewlett-Packard, Granite Construction, IKEA, National Semiconductor, Nestlé, and the Port of Oakland. She gives keynote speeches and presentations on business communications at seminars and large conferences.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Terms
  • Sentences
  • Pronouns
  • Verbs
  • Articles
  • Commas
  • Other Punctuation Marks
  • Confusing Words
  • Review
  • Resources
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