The Mechanics of Business Writing |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviation adverb apostrophe appear appositive attention line Avenue business letters business writing called capi Capitalization of Names cent centered colon column heads comma comma is placed Commercial common noun company signature complete sentence complimentary close compound nouns compound sentence Compound Words dash Dear dependent clause direct quotation dollar sign dollars enclosed enumeration envelope address exclamation point firm name fractions gerund Government Hall hyphen inches indented style indicate introductory words J. P. Morgan left margin letterhead machine Marks of Punctuation matter needed nonrestrictive NOTE official title omission omitted ordinarily paper paragraph parentheses participial phrase person placement plural possessive precedes pronouns proper names proper nouns question mark quotation marks Relative clauses Right Rule Rule 55 sake salutation semicolon separated by commas single-spaced sometimes space is left statement tabulated talized tence tion typewriter unless verb written Wrong