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One Step Ahead: Editing and Revising Text

One Step Ahead: Editing and Revising Text

by John Seely (Contributor), Jo Billingham (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Provides a practical approach to editing and revising for office workers, students and newsletter editors. Whether editing your own work or text written by others, it suggests techniques and approaches, and covers editing content, style, tone, accuracy, brevity and clarity. The book has examples from real articles, essays, letters and reports, and offers checklists throughout.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 136
 Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 25 Jul 2002
ISBN 10: 0198604130
ISBN 13: 9780198604136

Author Bio

Jo Billingham has worked as a freelance writer and trainer since 1988. A writer of business-to-business communications, her experience has covered most types of organizations including the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, the public sector, and financial services. She runs both in-house and public courses for all ages and levels of experience in various aspects of writing (business writing, editing, reports, minutes, letters, press releases) as well as presentation skills. This book draws on her extensive experience of the difficulties in editing and revising texts. John Seely, the series editor of the One Step Ahead series, is an experienced author and teacher of English who has worked in education at all levels from primary school to university. His publications include The Oxford English Programme, The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking, and Everyday Grammar.