Business English for the 21st century / Pat Taylor Ellison, Robert E. Barry with James Scannell McCormick.

Includes index.

For college and business school courses in Business English and Composition. This comprehensive grammar book helps students develop a clear, concise writing style and serves as a reference for grammar and usage.* NEW - New exercises - Features sentences from current writings about business topics such as team building, electronic job posting, personal computer upgrades, and business travel. * Provides students with practical applications of grammar rules as well as insight into real world business communications. * NEW - Watching the Web segments - A collection of usage and spelling errors found on the web over the past year. * Gives students a "change of pace" from traditional textbook exercises by engaging them in an amusing and instructive scavenger hunt for real-life mistakes. * NEW - Restructured chapters on sentence building - One chapter now focuses on bad habits to avoid; one chapter now focuses on good habits to adopt. * Teaches students proper approaches so they become a part of everyday usage. Ex. Chapters 25 and 26 * NEW - Multimedia Study Guide on Companion Web Site and on CD-ROM. * Provides students and instructors with a complete Distance Learning Package. * NEW - Complete revision of Transparency Masters in AIE - Two transparency masters for each chapter: one exercise and one summary. * Coordinates support materials consistently with every chapter. * NEW - Updated Test Item File available as new Prentice Hall Test Manager for WINDOWS. * Reduces instructors test preparation time. * NEW - Distance Learning Package - All chapter features are linked to the web site and include new and original Editing Passage Exercises, Questions for Discussion on Message Board, and Internet links. * Gives instructors a "ready-to-use" distance learning package. * Simple explanations of often frustrating language problems. * Helps students learn effectively. * Use of short chapters to give concepts in do-able doses - Separate, thorough chapters on each discrete area of grammar and usage, from punctuation to word choice to sentence building. * Aids student retention and builds on previously learned skills. * Review Chart for students to complete for each review chapter. * Provides self-assessment so students can judge their own progress. Ex. Chapters 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40 * Word Tip from the Real World - Vignettes from business people who tell the truth about language expectations for graduates. * Demonstrates to students the importance of good written communication skills in the business world.