Punctuation and Language Usage Made Easy: Grammar Guidelines for Busy Professionals is just that–a grammar and writing primer for you, a current or soon-to-be workplace professional, with limited time for extended language skills study. Within the covers of this small book are essential guidelines that provide you with clear, simple explanations and examples whenever you need immediate help perfecting your e-mails, letters, and documents.

We have divided our compact guide into three distinct sections: Vital Vocabulary Strategies, Proper Punctuation Pointers, and Lively Language Usage Tips. If you are wondering whether to capitalize a particular word; where to place a semicolon properly in a sentence; or how to use the words bad and badly or lie and lay correctly in your writing, you will discover the solution to each of these dilemmas (and many more) in this book. In addition, you will find timely and practical advice for a number of writing situations you are bound to encounter in completing your daily correspondence.

Whether you consider yourself a fairly proficient business writer–or a person who approaches business writing as a tedious task–Punctuation and Language Usage Made Easy will be an indispensable tool for you. For, in the end, this little book will accomplish big things for you as you strive to be concise, clear, and competent in all of your business correspondence. And, best of all, you will achieve these goals as you continue to save time and frustration as a busy professional!