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This series takes students from beginning-level instruction on basic sentence structure through the development and production of advanced academic papers. Examples of student compositions, written by native and non-native speakers of English, as well as pair and group work enrich all three books.

Writing Basics for the Healthcare Professional is an easy-to-follow, learner-friendly toll for reviewing the essentials. Designed in a simple, nonintimidating manner, this book places writing in context to healthcare. Tools include lessons on building sentence strength through correct grammar and sentence variety, a glossary of terms intended to build knowledge of medical terminology, and revision, proofreading, and self-check exercises to help build overall writing skills.

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"Clearly-stated examples and clever illustrations introduce each essential element of creating writing that gradually leads to the composition of an original, interesting, and properly-developed story. The lessons include: writing descriptive sentences, combining short choppy sentences, avoiding rambling sentences, punctuation, paragraphs and topic sentences, logical order, writing dialog, choosing a topic, selecting a title, organizing ideas, writing the story, proofreading."--p. [4] cover.

New in the phenomenally successful Smart series is a user-friendly guide to help both students and adults improve their writing skills. Written with the same candor and irreverent humor for which the series is known, this guide is full of helpful tips and useful drills to improve both business and academic writing.

Impress clients, colleagues, and even boss with effective business writing skills. While a poorly written letter can embarrass the image of a company and the writer.