The Canadian Style - Softcover

Dundurn Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550028820 ISBN 13: 9781550028829

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2008

Synopsis

The revised edition of The Canadian Style continues to set the standard for English language usage in Canada. This reasonably priced handbook is cross-referenced, and indexed chapters make it easy to find the information you need. 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. The Canadian Style is an indispensable language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, secretaries and business people ― in fact, anyone writing in the English language in Canada today.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

This revised edition is an indispensable language guide for anyone writing in the English language in Canada today.

About the Author

The Translation Bureau, a special operating agency of the Department of Public Works and Government Services of Canada, is please to present the second edition of the Canadian government's English-language editorial style guide, The Canadian Style.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550028820
• ISBN 13: 9781550028829
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312