Essential Business Writing

Learning methodology

 

Grammar Proficiency

It is essential that basic principles of grammar are used to construct clear, concise, meaningful sentences that convey the message to the recipient and meet the objectives of the writer.

In matters pertaining to proper grammar:

  1. 1)creating simple, compound, complex sentences

  2. 2)constructing sentences with  principle clauses, subordinate clauses, and adjective and adverb phrases

  3. 3)adhering to subject and verb agreement

  4. 4)using proper parenthetic construction to enhance clarity

  5. 5)avoiding ambiguity, dangling modifiers, and faulty parallelism

  6. 6)proper punctuation and using punctuation to creative advantage

  7. 7)creating proper pronoun-antecedent relationships

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  10. 10)recognizing proper language usage and vocabulary

  11. 11)understanding the rules of capitalization


In matters of acceptable style:

  1. 1)possessive form


In matters involving syntax:

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"The good writer masters grammar in order to control his words, and meaning is his target." — Ken Macrorie, author, teaching specialist.

style elements

grammar basics

outline

purpose

define audience

choose

format

rough

draft

revise &

rewrite

final

copy

proper

usage


review basic
grammar, composition style, and syntax

follow guidelines - compose rough draft; revise and finish


define audience, state purpose, choose format

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