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Business Letters
Memos
Fascimiles, Reports, and Emails
Common Grammar Mistakes in Business
Business Spectacular
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The spacing for the margins of a business letter
What are : Top:2 inches Bottom:1 inch Right:1 inch Left:1 inch
100
The margins in a Memo.
What are: Top: 2 inches Bottom: 1 inch Right: 1 inch Left: 1 inch
100
This is the first page of a fax.
What is a cover page?
100
Please send the latest files to John and I.
What is: Please send the latest files to John and me. Here’s a fast, simple trick to always get it right: just take out the other person in the sentence and see how it sounds. Would you ever say, “Thanks for meeting I for lunch yesterday”? Nope! You’d say, “Thanks for meeting me for lunch yesterday,” so you should use “me.” http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/5-common-grammar-mistakes-to-avoid-in-business-writing
100
True or false: you must indent when using block format in a letter or memo.
What is false?
200
The spacing in each of the body paragraphs of a business letter.
What is single spaced?
200
The bold words in the heading of a memo.
What are To, From, Date, and Subject?
200
Name at least 4 key pieces of information that belong on the first sheet of a fax.
What are: DATE: TIME: TO: FAX: FROM: FAX: PHONE: EMAIL: Number of pages including cover sheet: MESSAGE:
200
To prevent alot of unnecessary movement in the hall, students must be escorted by an administrator or testing assistant.
What is To prevent a lot of unnecessary movement in the hall, students must be escorted by an administrator or testing assistant. A lot / alot (tip: “alot” is not a word)
200
Using this in business writings is almost never appropriate and considered "yelling".
What is All capital letters (Caps Lock) or multiple exclamation points. Watch out for CAPS LOCK and extra punctuation. In written form, writing in all upper case is considered “yelling” and is almost never appropriate in the workplace. Similarly, multiple exclamation points or question marks can often send the wrong message.
300
The two places where you quadruple space in a business letter.
What is after the return address/date and after the complementary closing?
300
True or false: you send Memos to people in other companies.
False
300
The margins in a report.
What are all sides are one inch?
300
Interested applicants should send there updated resume and letter of interest to the Director of Human Resources.
What is: Interested applicants should send their updated resume and letter of interest to the Director of Human Resources. Their, There, and They’re — Their is a possessive pronoun that indicates ownership. There is a location. They’re is the abbreviated form of they are. Make a note of all three!
300
This should be done after writing each business communication to perfect your correspondence.
What is proofread?
400
Instead of using "To whom it may concern", this is how to greet someone if you do not know a person's name or gender.
What is using their job title (Dear Claims Adjustor) or Dear Sir or Madam www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2006/01/greetings_and_s.html#sthash.nnO601SI.dpuf
400
The type of punctuation after the headings in a memo.
What is a colon?
400
The spacing throughout all of a report.
What is double spaced?
400
Running slowly in the copy room, the staff was not impressed by the new copy machine.
What is: Running slowly in the copy room, the new copy machine did not impressed the staff. Dangling Participles You can think of a participle as simply an ‘-ing’ phrase, and they’re usually caught dangling at the beginning of a sentence. They should apply to the word that comes next,”. However, when they modify the wrong noun in the sentence, you can end up with some awkward and confusing sentences. http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/5-common-grammar-mistakes-to-avoid-in-business-writing
400
Two lowercase letters usually at the bottom of a letter or memo.
What are reference or typist initials?
500
The places where you put punctuation if you are using mixed punctuation.
What is after the salutation and complementary closing.
500
The word at the bottom of memo indicating that another document accompanies the correspondence.
What is an attachment.
500
In email messages, the meaning of and explanation for cc: versus bcc:
What is “cc” means carbon copy: Every recipient email address you enter into the “to” and “cc” fields will be able to see each other. “bbc” means “blind carbon copy”: the email addresses you add to the “bcc” field will not be visible to the “to” and “cc” recipients or the other “bcc” recipients.
500
This change will have no affect on your retirement funds. -
What is: This change will have no effect on your retirement funds. If you are choosing a noun, your correct choice will be effect 99 percent of the time. The medicine had no effect on her condition. In the lab it is difficult to duplicate the effect of the weather on the siding. His mood always has an effect on mine. If it is not easy for you to distinguish between a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea) and a verb (a word that generally shows action), here is a tip: If you can insert the word bad or good in front of the word and it makes sense, it is a noun. Applying the bad or good tip to choosing affect or effect, if you can insert bad or good in front of the word, 99 percent of the time your correct choice will be effect. Examples: The medicine had no [good] effect on her condition. This change will have no [bad] effect on your retirement funds. His mood always has a [good] effect on mine. Compare these sentences, in which neither bad nor good makes sense before the word without restructuring the sentence. That means you need affect, the verb: The weather affects school opening. This change will not affect your retirement funds. His mood always affects mine. http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2012/05/how-to-choose-affect-or-effect.html#sthash.BQ9077WT.dpuf
500
In a salutation, use this if unsure a woman's title is Mrs. or Ms.
What is Ms.?