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We discuss the 8 reference resources that we regularly dip into when we're writing and editing for business.
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- Penguin Guide to Punctuation: RL Trask
- Punctuation: A guide for editors and proofreaders: Gerard M-F Hill
- English Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book: Raymond Murphy
- Your House Style: Styling your words for maximum impact: Christina Thomas
- Troublesome Words: Bill Bryson
- Everybody Writes: Ann Handley
- Hack the Buyer Brain: Kenda Macdonald
- On Writing: Stephen King
- Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: Benjamin Dreyer
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- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod
- Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
- Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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