Reference books and tools

For editing I use various reference books on style, usage, spelling, and vocabulary. Style encompasses rules of grammar, conventions in formatting, and the precise expression of meaning. I treat the books as guides and break the rules on occasion if there is a good reason. Many clients have produced a house style guide that takes precedence over any of the reference books in the following list.

Style and Usage Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
• Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, 3rd ed.
• Garner's Modern American Usage
• Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
• Strunk & White, The Elements of Style
• The Associated Press Stylebook

Dictionaries

• Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed.
• Duden's Deutsches Universal Wörterbuch A-Z (German)
• Klett's Modern German and English Dictionary
• Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, Inglés-Español
• Diccionario Porrúa de la Lengua Española (Spanish)
• Larousse Grand Dictionnaire Français-Anglais Anglais-Français (French, 2 volumes)
• Mondadori's Pocket Italian-English English-Italian Dictionary

Software and Hardware

• Microsoft Word
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
• PC
• Fax
• Color Officejet Printer/Scanner/Fax
• Digital camera

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Revised 5 June 2009