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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Contents
Chapter 1. Why Rewrite?
Chapter 2. Writing and Editing in the 21st Century
The Internet as Writing Resource
Outlining
Writing and Revising
Checking Spelling and Grammar
Tracking Revisions
Editing via E-Mail
Chapter 3. Getting Started
Two-Level Editing
Editing Someone Else’s Writing
Editing Your Own Writing
Style Sheet
Proofreading
Chapter 4. First-Level Editing: Content
Write to Your Audience
Have a Plan
Grab Their Attention
Make It Clear
Chapter 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
Chapter 6. Second-Level Editing: Punctuation
Apostrophes
Colons
Commas
Dashes
Exclamation Points
Hyphens
Parentheses
Periods
Question Marks
Quotation Marks
Semicolons
Chapter 7. Second-Level Editing: Grammar
Agreement
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
Parallel Structure
No-Fault Sentences
Chapter 8. Second-Level Editing: Mechanical Style
Abbreviations
Capitalization
Numbers
Spelling
Quotations
Word Division
Document Integrity
Document Appearance
Glossary
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