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Getting the Writing Right:
Do you know:
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when to use its or it’s? |
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how to express dates and other numerals?
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when to use a colon or a semicolon? |
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when to capitalise a word such as Committee? |
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which words need to go into italics? |
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when to use dashes – and what length the dash should be? |
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whether compound words should be one word, two, or hyphenated? |
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how to spell correspondence? |
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which words end in -ible and which in -able? |
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when to use which and when to use that? |
All writers will have these kinds of queries.
As well as a good dictionary, the following are essential reference guides:
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Hart’s Rules for Compositors and Readers
(OUP, ISBN 0-19-212983)
Oxford Writers’ Dictionary
(OUP, ISBN 0-19-282669-7)
Oxford Minidictionary of Spelling
(OUP, ISBN 0-19-863150-2)
The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage
(OUP, ISBN 0-19-860263-4)
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