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The Canadian style : a guide to writing and editing.: S2-158/1996E-PDF

"The revised edition of The Canadian Style continues to set the standard for English language usage in Canada. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, word division, spelling, the use of capital letters, italics, punctuation, quotations, prepositional usage, and frequently misused or confused words. It deals with metric units, dates and other numerical expressions, and also covers letter, memo and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. New chapters give techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents, and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text"--Back Cover.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Public Works and Government Services Canada. Translation Bureau, issuing body.
TitleThe Canadian style : a guide to writing and editing.
Variant title
  • Guide to writing and editing
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Other formatsPhysical text-[English]
Note(s)
  • Digitized by Publishing and Depository Services Program.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-299) and index.
  • Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One, Abbreviations -- Chapter Two, Hyphenation: compounding and word division -- Chapter Three, Spelling -- Chapter Four, Capitalization -- Chapter Five, Numerical expressions -- Chapter Six, Italics -- Chapter Seven, Punctuation -- Chapter Eight, Quotations and quotation marks -- Chapter Nine, Reference matter -- Chapter Ten, Letters and memorandums -- Chapter Eleven, Reports and minutes -- Chapter Twelve, Usage -- Chapter Thirteen, Plain language -- Chapter Fourteen, Elimination of stereotyping in written communications -- Chapter Fifteen, Geographical names -- Chapter Sixteen, Revision and proofreading -- Appendix, French typographical rules -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Termium.
  • Issued also in printed form.
Publishing information
  • Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn Press Limited ; [Ottawa] : Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1997.
  • ©1997
Description1 online resource (312 pages) : illustration
Catalogue number
  • S2-158/1996E-PDF
Edition
  • Revised and expanded
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