Nothing makes you or your business sound unprofessional quite like typos and grammatical errors. Yet, not everyone is an editor or has the budget to hire a proofreader. That’s where using the best ...
In the business world you need both technical and communication skills to do your job well. In particular, your written communication skills (writing is the most common way we communicate in the ...
A dangling expression is one that doesn’t fit logically into the rest of the sentence. It “dangles” — often because it’s a verb phrase in search of a subject which never turns up. Consider these ...
Businesspeople are busy. They do not want to read long emails, memos, and / or documents to find what they are looking for. Businesspeople expect to receive clear and concise correspondence. Future ...
Every memo, every letter, every email or proposal you write speaks volumes about you and your organization. That's why it's so important that each correspondence that leaves your desk is crisp, ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One of the most important aspects of writing great copy is making sure it’s grammatically correct. That doesn’t mean, however, you need ...
Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary and author of the “HBR Guide to Better Business Writing.” An interview with Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary and author ...
In my 30 years as a business writing trainer, I've become aware that leaders in organizations must set business writing quality standards. A challenge in setting these standards is they must apply to ...
If you're using Google Docs to write letters, business documents or anything else, you may want to have the application check your spelling and grammar before you finalize any documents. You can use ...
Written communication is as important to business as oral communication; but, for some reason, it's often underrated. Sales professionals send an average of 36.2 emails per day and spend 31% of their ...