The Building Blocks of Business Writing: The Foundation of Writing Skills

Chapter 1—Introduction

Chapter 2—Grammar

·        Express yourself in complete sentences

·        What is a sentence?

·        Recognizing incomplete sentences

·        Run-together sentences

·        Fixing faulty sentences

·        Common grammar errors

·        Standard English and dialicts

·        Special problems of nonnative speakers

Chapter 3—Spelling

·        Let the computer do it?

·        Commonly confused words

·        Spelling rules

·        Train yourself to be a good speller

Chapter 4—Punctuation

·        Six punctuation marks

·        Commas

·        Apostrophes

Chapter 5—Mechanics

·        Capital letters

·        Quotation marks

·        Format and appearance of letters and memos

Chapter 6—Style

·        Developing your writing skills

·        What is style?

·        How to write with style

·        The four pitfalls of business writers

Chapter 7—Strategy

·        The process of writing

·        Writing memos

·        Memo format

·        Writing a letter

·        Letter format