Vintage handbook to writing English for commercial purposes:

Pitman's Manual of Commercial English including Composition and Precis Writing.  A Handbook Covering all the Requirements of Students of English for Commercial purposes Adapted for Use in Class or for Private Study.

by Walter Shawcross

Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. No publication date given. (I would guess early to middle twentieth century)

Contents; The Essentials of Grammar; Analysis of Sentences; Common Errors in Grammar; Vocabulary and Diction; Style and construction of Sentences; Ambiguity and Redundancy; Figures of Speech; Direct and Indirect Speech; Essay Writing; Correspondence; Indexing of Correspondence; Precis Writing (Continuous Matter); Precis writing (Correspondence); reports; Resolution, Amendments and General Procedure at Meetings; Spelling; Answered Questions.

Hardback, 234 pages, 13 cm by 18.5 cm.

Good condition

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