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Index--R

racist language
raise/rise
readability readers. See audience.
recipient's address (inside address) in letters
reciprocal pronouns
recommendation letters recommendations section of document
records and record keeping redundant words
reference, pronoun reference list references reflexive pronouns
regardless/irregardless/irrespective
rehearsing oral presentations
relative (adjective) clauses releases, press
repetition, unnecessary
repetition of key words
reported speech
reports requesting a letter of recommendation
requesting a peer review
research resources, for writers
respectfully/respectively
restrictive and nonrestrictive modifiers results section
résumés reversed word order. See also word order.
reviewing a document revising rise/raise
root form of verbs. See infinitives.
rough draft
run-on (fused) sentences

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