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Editing and Revising Text Jo Billingham

Editing and Revising Text By Jo Billingham

Editing and Revising Text by Jo Billingham


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Summary

Provides a practical approach to editing and revising for office workers, students and newsletter editors. Whether editing your own work or text written by others, it suggests techniques and approaches, and covers editing content, style, tone, accuracy, brevity and clarity.

Editing and Revising Text Summary

Editing and Revising Text by Jo Billingham

Provides a practical approach to editing and revising for office workers, students and newsletter editors. Whether editing your own work or text written by others, it suggests techniques and approaches, and covers editing content, style, tone, accuracy, brevity and clarity. The book has examples from real articles, essays, letters and reports, and offers checklists throughout.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; 1. WHAT IS EDITING?; 2. The different editing circumstances; 3. Readers and aims; 4. Style guides; 5. First steps; 6. Editing the content; 7. Achieving structural flow; 8. Achieving linguistic flow; 9. Editing the style and tone; 10. Accuracy; 11. Brevity; 12. Clarity; 13. Beyond ABC; 14. How technology can help you; PART B; Checklists; INDEX

Additional information

GOR002700285
9780198604136
0198604130
Editing and Revising Text by Jo Billingham
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20020725
136
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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