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Peer reviewedGrow, Gerald – College Composition and Communication, 1988
Describes the writing problems of "real world" professional users of word processing, which include editing instead of revising and rethinking, a reluctance to rewrite, and word-inflation. Suggests strategies for working with students to avoid these problems, focusing on functional writing used by professionals in various fields. (MM)
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Job Skills, Professional Training
