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The Canadian style : a guide to writing and editing

The Canadian Style sets the standard for English language in Canada. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, word division, spelling, the use of capital letters, italics, punctuation, quotations, prepositional usage, and frequently misused or confused words. It deals with metric units, dates and other numerical expressions, and also cover letters, memo and report formates, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. New chapters give techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents, and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text
Print Book, English, 1997
Revised and expanded View all formats and editions
Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1997
Handbooks and manuals
16 pages ; 23 cm
9780919670938, 9781550022766, 9781550022766, 0919670938, 1550022768, 1550022768
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