Business English / Edition 10

by Mary Ellen Guffey, Carolyn M. Seefer

Overview

Students need both strong language and computer skills to succeed in today's workplace. For over two decades Business English has helped thousands of students improve their language skills. Building on the success of previous editions, Business English, 8e, continues to provide a comprehensive review of English grammar, punctuation, style, and usage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780324789744
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	02/02/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

As a dedicated professional, Mary Ellen Guffey has taught business communication and business English topics for more than 40 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 textbook author, Dr. Guffey is the founding author of three award-winning textbooks: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRODUCT, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION and BUSINESS ENGLISH. Each rigorously updated book continues to lead its market and, together, these books have helped hundreds of thousands of students around the world develop language skills. Dr. Guffey serves on the review boards of Business and Professional Communication Quarterly and the International Journal of Business Communication, publications of the Association for Business Communication. She participates in national meetings, sponsors business communication awards and is committed to promoting excellence in business communication pedagogy and the development of student writing as well as speaking skills.


Carolyn M. Seefer earned her undergraduate business degree and business education teaching credential from the University of Georgia and her M.B.A. from John F. Kennedy University, where she graduated at the top of her class. She has been teaching business courses at the college level for more than 30 years. Since 1996, she has served as professor in the Business Administration Department of Diablo Valley College, a large community college in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to teaching a variety of business courses at Diablo Valley College, Professor Seefer is faculty advisor for Phi Beta Lambda, the DVC business club; is a member of the college Scholarship Committee; is the Academic Senate representative for the Business Division; serves as a mentor to new faculty; and is involved in developing procedures and guidelines for online teaching. She also recently took part in the college study abroad program, where she had the opportunity to teach in Florence, Italy, for two semesters. In addition, Professor Seefer is an active member of the Association for Business Communication and has presented numerous times at ABC s annual conventions. Professor Seefer, who places great emphasis on student learning, success, and achievement, has been named Teacher of the Year at three different colleges, most recently for the Contra Costa Community College District.

Table of Contents

Unit 1	Laying a Foundation	1
Chapter 1	Reference Skills	2
Chapter 2	Parts of Speech	18
Chapter 3	Sentences: Elements, Patterns, Types	32
Unit 2	Knowing the Namers	51
Chapter 4	Nouns	52
Chapter 5	Possessive Nouns	69
Chapter 6	Personal Pronouns	87
Chapter 7	Pronouns and Antecedents	105
Unit 3	Showing the Action	129
Chapter 8	Verbs: Kinds, Voices, Moods	130
Chapter 9	Verb Tenses and Parts	145
Chapter 10	Verb and Subject Agreement	166
Chapter 11	Verbals	183
Unit 4	Modifying and Connecting Words	211
Chapter 12	Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs	212
Chapter 13	Prepositions	230
Chapter 14	Conjunctions That Join Equals	245
Chapter 15	Conjunctions That Join Unequals	260
Unit 5	Punctuating Sentences	285
Chapter 16	Commas	286
Chapter 17	Semicolons and Colons	305
Chapter 18	Other Punctuation	322
Unit 6	Writing With Style	351
Chapter 19	Capitalization	352
Chapter 20	Numbers	369
	Appendixes
Appendix A	Developing Spelling Skills	395
Appendix B	Developing Vocabulary Skills	405
Appendix C	Reference Guide to Document Formats	415
	Self-Help Exercises
	Contents	429
	Exercises	432
	Index
	Index	505

Editorial Reviews

A book/CD-ROM package teaching essential concepts of business English and Web-based skills. Material is broken into three manageable segments to give instructors flexibility. Learning features include pretests and chapter tests, many exercises, and writing and proofreading activities, plus useful and humorous margin notes. Includes worksheets and perforated pages. This seventh edition contains exercises on navigating the Web, and editing exercises that can downloaded off the Web. The author is affiliated with Los Angeles Pierce College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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