Pocket Guide to Technical Writing

The Pocket Guide to Technical Writing by William S. Pfeiffer, published by Pearson Education Canada in 2004, is a concise handbook designed for professionals seeking quick solutions to common writing challenges in technical fields. This edition spans 240 pages and serves as a practical reference for on-the-job writing, addressing various issues encountered in technical and professional careers.
Readers will find that this guide is organized alphabetically, making it easy to locate essential information and guidelines. It caters to instructors who prefer a straightforward reference rather than a textbook filled with exercises, allowing them to supplement the material with their own resources. The book covers topics related to language arts, rhetoric, and technical writing, providing valuable insights for those in technology and engineering disciplines.
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The Pocket Guide to Technical Writing is an alphabetized handbook that provides a handy reference for on-the-job writing and gives easy-to-find answers to common writing problems faced in various technical and professional careers.
Pocket Guide will meet the needs of those instructors who do not want to use a textbook with an abundance of practice exercises but who, instead, want a short reference work that provides the essential guidelines; in some cases instructors will supplement the text with exercises and cases that they have created or collected.
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