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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
C HAPTER 1. Why Rewrite?
C HAPTER 2. Writing and Editing in the 21 st Century
The Internet as Writing Resource
Outlining
Writing and Revising
Checking Spelling and Grammar
Tracking Revisions
Editing via E-Mail
C HAPTER 3. Getting Started
Two-Level Editing
Editing Someone Else’s Writing
Editing Your Own Writing
Style Sheet/23 Proofreading
C HAPTER 4. First-Level Editing: Content
Write to Your Audience
Have a Plan
Grab Their Attention
Make It Clear
C HAPTER 5. First-Level Editing: Style
Trim the Lard
Know Your Words
Cut Clichés and Hackneyed Expressions
Speak Out
Jettison Jargon
Evoke Images
Watch Small Words
C HAPTER 6. Second-Level Editing: Punctuation
Apostrophes
Colons
Commas
Dashes
Exclamation Points
Hyphens
Parentheses
Periods
Question Marks
Quotation Marks
Semicolons
C HAPTER 7. Second-Level Editing: Grammar
Agreement
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
Parallel Structure
No-Fault Sentences
C HAPTER 8. Second-Level Editing: Mechanical Style
Abbreviations
Capitalization
Numbers
Spelling
Quotations
Word Division
Document Integrity
Document Appearance
Glossary
Books by Jan Venolia
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