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Highly recommended. if so, I would buy it without reservation. This is the best style manual for advertising copywriters on the market. There may be a new edition that supercedes this one by the time you read this. I find myself reaching for this time and again when I write.
she wishes she'd had it years earlier. bought this copy for my daughter. loves it.
I have recommended this book many times and finally am going to purchase my own copy for home. I impressed many people over the years; and then, of course, the answers became second nature to me. Absolutely EVERYTHING is in there. I retired a few years ago and wish that I had taken my Gregg Reference Manual with me as a "parting gift." I used to take calls from people regarding grammar questions. Little did they know I would grab this book and easily page to the correct answer. It is a good book just to read.
Eva Lewis, El Cajon, CA The well-done index allows easy access to the needed information. As a business education teacher, I highly recommend this reference manual to anyone entering the secretarial field. It provides a complete source for answering questions concerning grammar, punctuation, English usage, etc. It is an absolute MUST for office employees.
Second, if your boss or anyone else argues with you about any rule of writing, you only have to point to the relevant entry in this book. All entries in the index include page numbers as well as topic numbers, which they call "rules." The book is logically structured around these rules, and it makes related topics easy to find.I rated this book 5 stars because I think it is superior in all categories for a reference book: comprehensive content, abundant examples, thorough index, authoritative author, and reasonable price. Third, the size of the book is deceptive. First, this is not just some handbook that secretaries can use to look up how to format a letter. With normal font and paper, it would be the size of two or three large dictionaries.
When my students ask me for my advice about good books to guide them as they write at work, this is the reference book I recommend.I also tell them several other things about the book. It should be next to the dictionary and thesaurus on the shelf of everyone who needs to write at work, from clerks to executives. All arguments stop there. That's how much useful stuff is packed in this book.It takes a while to get used to how the information in the book is formatted, but it is well worth the effort. I am an independent corporate trainer who teaches people to write better at work.
It is an authoritative reference for all aspects of writing English. It uses small font and thin paper.
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