HOW TO DO BUSINESS WRITING – AND DO IT GOOD… SCRATCH THAT… WELL

 

How to do business writing 

Things not to do 

Do not write with slang or expression form colloquial speech 

No up sides or down sides, (say advantages or disadvantage) 

No guestaments, no sport metaphors 

No contractions NO don’t, Avoid them all together 

Do not end sentences with prepositions

Prepistions are in Bold

The book is on the table.

The book is beneath the table.

The book is leaning against the table.

The book is beside the table.

She held the book over the table.

She read the book during class.

Write with sections heading, they are required in business reports.

A.S.S.S.

Avoid success short sentences – Principles

The effect of a lot of short sentences cause people to lose your argument, it hurts credibility

SW – Omit needles word – pg 23

Do not start a sentence with

            As you know…

            As perfectly mentioned…

            After carful consideration…

            After a great deal of analysis…

These are words that do not tell!

READ YOUR PAPER OUTLOAD

This is how you pick up these kind of mistakes

Right to an audaince, write to the manager that your working for, or the owner of the company, do you write your paper to mankind.

You do not need to tell Jim Davis, that is company makes shoes, Davis know this

Avoid Superlatives – be sparing in your use of superlatives.

Do not day one of the best, be precise with superlatives

superlative of an adjective or adverb is the greatest form of adjective or adverb which indicates that something has some feature to a greater degree than anything it is being compared to in a given context.

BAD WORDS

Showy, popus and pretatious language

We do not render decisions ()

Do not say “utilize”

Don’t use the work Deem

Don’t use the word “Cogeat – use the work convening

Don’t use Cogitate – use the word think instead

Opine – (means to state on opinion) don’t use “

Amongst NO – amung

Pg 62

Pg 76

Section one ‘s

Carl’s shoe

New Balance’s

PARAGRAPHING

All are at lead 2 sentences,

Paragraph should not be larger than ½ a page

S/W page 80

Rule 18

Figures of speech very rarely,

NO Was has have had – active voice ONLY

9-10-08

To boldly go where no one has gone before.

“Adverb should not between To and the verb.”

It’s okay to slip infinity. Gardner doesn’t care.

Reed the sentence out a load to see what it sounds like.

Who vs which vs that

Who – people

Which and that refer to groups or things, not people

Houston Chronicle –

“Berke is the one that won the game.” BAD NO

Berke is the one who won the game. YES Good!

‘That’ introduces essential clauses.

‘Which’ introduces nonessential clauses.

My Astros cap which is luckily helped win the game. BAD NO

My Astros cap, which is luckily, helped win the game. Better But not Perfect

My Astros cap that is lucky helped win the game. Perfect

Or My luckly Astros cap helped win the game.

SEARCH for which! And make sure you use which correctly!!

Edit out whichs or make sure that whichs are set off with commas.

PRO=NOUN

Pronouns must agree in number with the noun to which it refers.

He -> one person

Their -> more than two

Companies are like one person, they are not groups of people

Its is possessive

It’s stands for it is – But NOT CONTRACTING IS THE WRITING

Roger’s denial of HGH use led to a conflict between he and Andy.

He needs to be Him or Himself

                     Subject          Possessive           Object

Singular        He Who         He while            him whom

Plural           Them who    Them While        Them withc

Who is always the Subject

Whom is always the Object

Use ARIAL FONT 12 PT FONT