By Graham Hart
A part of a sequence of pocket courses geared toward allowing the reader to profit a brand new ability in precisely half-hour, this article presents useul easy methods to enhance enterprise writing from universal grammatical blunders to letter structure.
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A quiet room and undivided attention to the task regularly produce the best results, although there is no way of 36 30 Minutes to Succeed in Business Writing guaranteeing 100 per cent accuracy every time. There is, however, a technique that usually picks up all the small errors. If you have time, read your document backwards, from the last word to the first. This method ensures that you pay attention to every individual word and do not skim read. With all editing and proof reading you are balancing time spent against value added.
Although spoken communications are easier than ever we can never dispense with the written word... passionate, powerful and permanent. The pen? Mightier than the sword! Metaphor You probably use metaphor more than you think. It is the description of one object or idea in terms of another. Look at these examples: The factory is operating at full throttle. The company scored a classic own goal when it missed the deadline for tax returns. 51 30 Minutes to Succeed in Business Writing In the first case the writer is comparing the factory with a car; in the second case a sporting metaphor is used.
Word processors make cutting a relatively painless task – unlike the days of typewriters and correcting fluid! You have already been urged to use simple words (page 8) and to cut out redundant words (page 32). Both these 32 30 Minutes to Succeed in Business Writing strategies will help you write tightly. Now think about further pruning of your work. Meaningless descriptions In speech we are apt to use words that have very little meaning. They take little time to say and get lost in the general interchange of conversation.