Good Grief, Good Grammar

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From the typing pool to top management, good grammar makes good business sense. A clear, concise writing style is the key to making your ideas stand out and keeping your career on track.Dianna Booher, president of the Houston-based Booher Writing Consultants, offers an innovative, entertaining, step-by-step approach that makes the principles of grammar pleasant to learn and easy to remember. Whether you need to brush up on the basics or fine-tune your style, the answers are at your fingertips in Good Grief, Good Grammar. It's a comprehensive guide -- Correct word usage-- Sentence structure-- Phrases and clauses-- Voice, verb tense, and mood-- Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization-- Common errors such as split infinitives and dangling participles, and how to avoid them.Plus a series of fun-to-take tests to gauge your language skills and your progress.