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Subject:Re: Grammar Guides, Dictionaries, etc. From:Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:43:11 -0800
At 07:22 PM 2/17/98 -0500, Tracey Moore wrote:
>Anyone have any suggestions for grammar guides, thesauruses, and
>dictionaries for technical writers? I need to purchase either books or
>software for our company, so your input is greatly appreciated.
>
My short list includes:
Philip Rubens, ed., _Science and Technical Writing: a Manual of Style_. The
Swiss Army knife of technical writing.
Edward D. Johnson, _The Handbook of Good English_. The best grammar book I know.
Mary A. DeVries, _Internationally Yours: Writing and Communicating
Successfully in Today's Global Marketplace_. Excellent advice on writing for
an international audience.
--Wayne
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