Rewrite Right! : Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose (2nd Ed.)
Everyone knows that writing can be improved by the simple process of reviewing, editing, and rewriting, but many struggle with how to go about critiquing their own work—be it a letter to a friend, an important business document, or an academic essay. Fortunately, help is at hand in REWRITE RIGHT!, the definitive guide to polishing your prose. According to writing authority Jan Venolia, the skills needed to revise your work are surprisingly easy to learn and a cinch to incorporate into everyday writing routines.
Writing is a large part of the engineering process, with many professional engineers spending over 60 percent of their time writing letters, memos, proposals, reports and specification documents.Writing is a skill that, like any other, can be developed: you need to learn the basics, understand what is expected, and then write and rewrite until the words run effortlessly on the page. Engineering students can prepare themselves for the responsibilities they will face in this field today.
This is a supplementary grammar book for intermediate and above learners and for teachers who want to give extra practice material and/or homework. There are rewrite, multiple choice and cloze type exercises. Answer key is supplied in the book.
