Previous edition by Mary Ellen Guffey, Carolyn M. Seefer, and Patricia Burke.

Adapted from Business English, by Mary Ellen Guffey et Carolyn M. Seefer. 11e éd., 2014.

Includes appendices and index.

"Canadian Business English, Seventh Edition, is the Canadian version of Mary Ellen Guffey's well-known and successful Business English text. The bold and innovative approach taken by Dr. Guffey in Business English continues to appeal to instructors and students in Canada and the United States. Since 1995 Canadian Business English has helped thousands of Canadian students improve their language skills. This edition of Canadian Business English continues to offer Canadian students the tools they need to reach excellence in language skills while reflecting today's Canadian workplace landscape and the new technologies and challenges facing students in their professional life.

Canadian Business English, Seventh Edition, largely retains the content and sequencing of previous editions. This most recent update, however, further reflects the massive effects of technology on business communication, emphasizes professional vocabulary, and focuses on the employment skills of editing and proofreading. The Editor's Challenges, several of them new, include the kind of spelling errors spell-checkers do not recognize, common typographical and homophone errors, and sentence faults. Throughout the text, these challenges build in other common errors cumulatively as they are studied. In addition, many explanations have benefited from simplified language and fewer passive-voice constructions to create easier-to-understand lessons." (Preface, p. vii)

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction and Pretest

UNIT 1 Laying a Foundation
Chapter 1 Parts of Speech
Chapter 2 Sentences: Elements, Patterns, and Faults
Writer's Workshop: Developing Proofreading Skills

UNIT 2 Knowing the Namers
Chapter 3 Nouns
Chapter 4 Possessive Nouns
Chapter 5 Personal Pronouns
Chapter 6 Pronouns and Antecedents
Writer's Workshop: Techniques for Effective Sentences

UNIT 3 Showing the Action
Chapter 7 Verbs: Kinds, Voices, Moods
Chapter 8 Verb Tenses and Parts
Chapter 9 Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 10 Verbals
Writer's Workshop: Techniques for Effective Paragraphs

UNIT 4 Modifying and Connecting Words
Chapter 11 Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 12 Prepositions
Chapter 13 Conjunctions to Join Equals
Chapter 14 Conjunctions to Join Unequals
Writer's Workshop: Email Messages and Memos

UNIT 5 Punctuating Sentences
Chapter 15 Commas
Chapter 16 Semicolons and Colons
Chapter 17 Other Punctuation
Writer's Workshop: Professional Business Letters

UNIT 6 Writing With Style
Chapter 18 Capitalization
Chapter 19 Numbers
Chapter 20 Effective Sentences
Writer's Workshop: Short Reports

Appendixes
Appendix A Developing Spelling Skills
Appendix B Developing Vocabulary Skills
Appendix C Reference Guide to Document Formats

Self-Help Exercises
Exercises
Answers to Chapter and Self-Help Exercises
Answers to Unit Review Exercises

Index