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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> And Paul Brians' *Common Errors in English Usage 2nd Edition<http://www.amazon.com/Common-Errors-English-Usage-2nd/dp/1590282078/ref=pd_sim_b_11>
> * is in my personal library.
>
> Here's a link to his website<http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html>,
> where you can learn about his degree of expertise in this realm.
>
> > Chris
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
>>
>> Book link @ AMZ: http://goo.gl/5NF75
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>>
>>> Rudimentary stuff:
>>>
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>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have her try YouTube: http://goo.gl/XhYNt (*this is just a listing*)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Dan Goldstein <
>>>> DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the suggestion! I don't see anything on their list that
>>>>> matches the one she's looking into, but I'll let her know about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand what you mean about self-study, but the study method
>>>>> that's
>>>>> most efficient for me isn't necessarily for everyone else. The seminar
>>>>> described at www.pryor.com/mkt_info/seminars/desc/GG.asp is just what
>>>>> she's looking for, and I want to see if there are similar programs from
>>>>> better providers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I learned everything I needed to know from Strunk, White,
>>>>> and Mrs. Mintz in 1976. But that was a full school year...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Chris Morton
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:08 PM
>>>>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>>>> Subject: Re: CareerTrack reviews?
>>>>>
>>>>> LearningTree is probably overkill, but here's the link:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.learningtree.com/training-directory/Writing-Presentation-Skil
>>>>> ls-Training-21.htm<http://www.learningtree.com/training-directory/Writing-Presentation-Skills-Training-21.htm>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mastering Computers was acquired by Platinum Technologies, then CA a
>>>>> number of years ago and was subsequently disemboweled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Still, I doubt the CareerTrack seminar would offer much value when
>>>>> compared to self-study and subscribing to a few RSS feeds devoted to
>>>>> this topic.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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