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This document provides tips for effective business writing. It discusses the importance of knowing your audience and tailoring your message to them. It also emphasizes the need for clear, precise writing and careful proofreading to avoid grammatical errors. While active voice is generally best, the document notes that passive voice can sometimes increase tactfulness, such as when describing mistakes made by others. It recommends using gender-neutral language and matching the formality of one's superiors in workplace documents. The goal, it stresses, is clear communication tailored to the recipient.
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Formal email is an effective form of communication as it allows for quick, appropriate, and convenient contact between employees. It is important for employees to communicate to effectively accomplish tasks and ensure business success. Sitting up straight is the most appropriate body language in an interview as it conveys confidence and qualification. Calling friends for social reasons on a phone at work is inappropriate. Sending an email detailing the time and place is the most formal and convenient way to arrange a staff meeting. The right way to deal with noise during a phone call at work is to politely ask to be put on hold, and the right way to handle witnessing workplace bullying is to report it to a manager.
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- 4. After you decide what message you are trying to convey, make sure the message is brief. Strive for clarity and avoid vagueness! Be precise!
- 5. Grammar Nothing can kill your credibility faster than grammatical and punctuation errors. Especially in formal documents.
- 6. Many errors occur simply from insufficient proofreading.
- 7. Proofread and have someone else proofread your report. You cannot proofread your own work with 100% accuracy!
- 8. Not all errors derive from proofreading mistakes. Some are common grammatical mistakes. Such as...
- 9. ● Misuse of apostrophes and commas ○ Its, it’s ● Contractions in formal pieces ○ Using won’t, I’ll, etc. ● Ending sentences in prepositions ○ ie. “I do not know of” ● Incomplete sentences ○ ie. “Since he likes to”
- 10. So our words of advice… Invest in some good reference books and use them!
- 11. Effective Use of Passive Voice Active voice, active voice!!! It seems so many teachers are shouted at us. In general we are told to eliminate passive voice as much as possible
- 12. But…. Like every rule in the english language there is an exception!
- 13. Effective use of the passive voice in business writing is an art.
- 14. Sometimes you will have to write a report or memo describing a disaster that was caused from someone who made a mistake.
- 15. Passive voice can describe the mistake without directly putting blame on someone. (this is especially useful when said person is your superior!)
- 16. Overall, passive voice should be eliminated (you can check your document’s passive voice % through Word) but there ARE times where the use of passive voice can increase the tact and diplomacy in your document.
- 17. Gender Neutral Writing Under traditional style, “he” includes both male and female actions.
- 18. Some will switch on and off using “he” or “she” but this is confusing and offensive to the opposite gender.
- 19. So.. what do you do? Just eliminate the pronouns all together!
- 20. If you are writing a letter when you do not know the gender of the person you are addressing, use their title ...such as “Dear Editor”
- 21. Informal/Formal?? Get writing samples from CEO or top officers of your company
- 22. Formality in the workplace has relaxed a little, but not so much in the banking and legal world.
- 23. If your upper leaders use formality in office notes, you should to. If in doubt, always be formal in an office memo or letter, especially when writing to a superior.
- 24. At the end of the day, the goal is communication. Communication is best achieved by writing in the preferred style of the recipient of your document.
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