Revising
Professional Writing
In Science and Technology, Business,
and the Social Sciences, 2nd edition
Kathryn
Riley, Illinois Institute of Technology
Kim Sydow Campbell, University of Alabama
Alan Manning, Brigham Young University
Frank Parker, Louisiana State University (Retired)
2007,
174 pages, paper, spiral bound, perforated pages,
illustrated, $33.95 U.S. ISBN
0-9767180-3-0.
Answer Key available to instructors adopting text.
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Table of Contents
Revised and expanded
edition of Revising Technical and Business Writing,
praised as "Strunk and White for technical
and business writers . . . . excellent integration
of linguistic and rhetorical principles." Journal
of Business and Technical Communication
Revising Professional
Writing is an affordable textbook for courses
in scientific and technical writing, business writing,
and other types of advanced writing. Each chapter explains principles for revising or
editing a single feature of a draft. Students then
solve revision and editing problems in the applications
section of each chapter.
FEATURES
- 280 revision and
editing problems covering development, organization,
style and tone, and mechanics.
- Problems range from
sentences and paragraphs to 12 full-length texts.
- Examples from a
variety of texts: memos, letters, résumés, proposals,
instructions, definitions, and reports.
- All revising and
editing problems drawn from the actual writing
of college students.
- Self-contained chapters,
allowing flexible use with other textbooks.
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