Guffey's "Business English" 14th Edition, uses proven grammar instruction and supporting resources (in-text and online) to help you improve your professional language skills. The text's three-level approach separates topics into manageable units, helping you hone the critical skills needed to communicate professionally. Packed with insights from the authors' more than 60 years of combined classroom experience, this edition uniquely provides prompt feedback with answers and explanations, so you know immediately if you have answered correctly. Chapter review quizzes help you strengthen your language skills to perform confidently in today's digital classroom and tomorrow's workplace.
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A dedicated professional, Mary Ellen Guffey has taught business communication and business English topics for over 35 years. She received a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Bowling Green State University; a master's degree from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate in business and economic education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has taught at the University of Illinois, Santa Monica College, and Los Angeles Pierce College. Now recognized as the world's leading business communication author, Dr. Guffey corresponds with instructors around the globe who are using her books.
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Unit I: LAYING A FOUNDATION.
1. Parts of Speech.
2. Sentences: Elements, Varieties, Patterns, Types, Faults.
Unit II: KNOWING THE NAMERS.
3. Nouns: Plurals and Possessives.
4. Pronouns.
Unit III: SHOWING THE ACTION.
5. Verbs.
6. Subject-Verb Agreement.
Unit IV: MODIFYING AND CONNECTING WORDS.
7. Adjectives and Adverbs.
8. Prepositions.
9. Conjunctions and Interjections.
Unit V: PUNCTUATING SENTENCES.
10. Commas.
11. Semicolons and Colons.
12. Other Punctuation.
Unit VI: WRITING WITH STYLE.
13. Capitalization.
14. Numbers.
Appendix A: Document Format Guide.
Appendix B: Developing Spelling Skills.
Appendix C: Developing Vocabulary Skills.
Appendix D: Proofreading Marks.
