Business Writing
Seminars:
We understand
that being able to write in a clear and professional style
is important to your business. That is why we have developed
the Business Writing Institute
and the Effective
Business Writing seminar. This practice-driven
business writing seminar
will significantly improve your ability to write in English,
so that your readers will receive a clear, concise, effective
message. Most professionals spend at least 15-20% of their
time writing for business; emails, memos, business
letters, reports
and other business correspondence. Our customized
approach guarantees an improvement in
business communication skills
that will increase your productivity, success and job satisfaction.
Learn more about our
business writing seminars
here, or contact us for more
information.
Benefits of business writing
training seminars:
- learn how to write a business letter
- discover the skills of writing a
business letter
- learn to create clear business
correspondence
- understand the difference of writing
for business
- improve overall business
communication
Business Writing Training Seminars: Business Writing Bloopers
Some of you may have seen my A-Z of Business Writing Bloopers on my website. For those who haven't, let me introduce you to the As. These are some of the common mistakes that many people make in their writing. If you are guilty, now's the time to do something about it! You can find more in this series on my website.
A lot
So many people write a lot as one word instead of two. If you do this, ask yourself if you would write alittle or afew. Of course not, right? So please don't write alot! The same goes for in spite of and in fact.
Above-mentioned
This is one of those old-fashioned phrases made up by our great-grandfathers to refer to whatever was in the subject heading or in the paragraph(s) above. This phrase should not be used in our 21st Century business writing.
Instead of:Thank you for registering for the above-mentioned workshop.
say: Thank you for registering for this workshop.
If whatever is above is plural, then use these instead of this. But never 'above', 'above-mentioned' or 'above-captioned' and definitely not 'said'. (NB: the same goes for below and below-mentioned!)
Accede to
This is a stuffy, great grandfather phrase that should not be used in 21st century writing. Say "We cannot agree to" instead.
Affect/Effect
Affect is a verb meaning 'to influence', for example:
The fall in productivity will affect our profits this quarter.
How did the business writing workshop affect your work performance?
Effect is a noun meaning 'result', for example:
The fall in productivity will have an effect on our profits this quarter.
What effect will these changes have on your department?
Alphabet
So many people use the word alphabet wrongly. It is not correct to say There are 7 alphabets in my name. There are 7 letters in my name - Shirley.
There is only one alphabet in the English language, and there are 26 letters in the alphabet - abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.
Mind you, I thought one of my workshop participants had a very funny answer when he said "No Shirley, there are 24 letters in the alphabet - ET went home!" Nice one!
Although
When you start a sentence with 'Although' you do not need the word 'but'. For example: Although it is very late, I will still come over to see you.
As per
This is a simple cliché that is old-fashioned and overworked. We should not use 'per' in our writing.
Instead of
As per your request - say As you requested
As per our agreement - say As we agreed
As per your instructions - say As you instructed
As per our telecon - say As discussed
Attached/enclosed herewith please find
Why do you need herewith? If it's not herewith, where the heck is it? Get rid of it! Also get rid of Please find - it's passive and impersonal, and you don't want me to 'find' anything! Use these phrases instead:
I enclose / I attach
I am enclosing / I am attaching
I have enclosed / I have attached
Enclosed is / Attached is
NB: Use attach for e-mails. Use enclose for letters.
Source: Shirley Taylor
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