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GUIDELINES
SENTENCE STRUCTURE Express ideas in complete sentences .a subject, a verb, make sense Avoid run-on sentences eg: Robin visited resorts of the rich and famous, and he also dropped in on luxury spas Avoid comma splice sentence use comma and words like consequently, further more, however, therefore, then ..

VERB TENSE Use present tense, past tense and past participle verb forms correctly Use the subjective mood to express hypothetical ideas VERB VOICE .active voice: subject performs the action .passive voice: subject recieves the action

VERB AGREEMENT Make subjects agree with verbs despite intervening phrases and clauses eg: our study of annual budget, five year plans and sales proposels is progressing on schedule. Subjects joined by and require plural verb eg: the CEO and his assistance have ordered a limo Subjects joined by or, nor may require singular or plural verbs

Use singular verbs for most indefinite pronoun

eg: every one in both offices was given a

bonus Use singular or plural verbs for collective nouns, depending on whether the members of the group are operating as a unit or individually eg: the planning committee are having difficulty agreeing

PRONOUN CASE
Learn the three cases of pronouns and how each is used

- I, me, my/mine . We, us, our/ours Use nominative case pronouns as subjects of verb and as complement eg: we think that she and he will win the race Use objective case pronouns as objects of proposition and verbs eg: The HOD appointed him to the position Use possessive case pronouns to show ownership eg: all reports except yours have to be re written

Use self ending pronouns only when they refer to previously mentioned nouns or pronouns

eg: send the package to me Use who or whoever for nominative case constructions and whom or whomever for objective case construction eg: for whom was the software ordered

PRONOUN REFERENCE Make pronoun agree in number and gender with the words to which they refer eg: each of the female nurses was escorted to her car Be sure that pronouns such as it, which, this and that refer to clear antecedents eg: our office recycles as much paper as possible because such efforts helps the environment

ADJECTIVE AND ADVERBS


Use adverb, not adjectives, to describe or limit the action of verbs

eg: after its tune up the engine is running smoothly Hyphenate two or more adjectives that are joined to create a compound modifier before a noun eg: a well designed keyboard is part of their state-of-the -art equipment

PUNCTUATION
Use commas to separate three or more items (word ,

phrase or short clauses) in a series eg: downward communication delivers job instruction, procedures, and appraisals use commas to separate introductory clauses and certain phrases form from independent clauses eg: if you recognize introductory clauses, you will have no trouble placing the comma Use comma before the cordinating conjunction in a compound sentence eg: southern california is the financial fraud capital of the world, but some in visitors refuse to heed warning signs

Use commas appropriate in dates , address ,

geographical name , degrees and long numbers eg: September 30,1963 Use commas to set off internal sentence interrupters eg: Harvard researchers, working steadily for

18 months, developed a new cancer therapy


Avoid unnecessary commas

eg: all students with high grades, are eligible for the honor society

SEMICOLONS,COLONS
Use a semicolon to join closely related independent clauses

eg: learning history is easy; learning lessons is almost impossible Use a semicolon to separate items in a series contains internal commas eg: representatives from as far away as Blue Bell, Pennsylvania; New York, Arizona, attended the conference Use a colon after a complete thought that introduces a list of items eg: the following places are on the tour: Wayanad, Kannur, and thiruvananthapuram Use a colon after business letter salutations and to introduce long quotations eg: Dear mr.Duran

APOSTROPHE
Add an apostrophe plus s to an ownership word that does

not end in an s sound eg: the companys assets rose in value Add only an apostrophe to an ownership word that ends in an s sound-unless an extra syllable can be pronounced easily eg: some workers benefits will cost more Use s to make a noun possessive when it precedes a gerund, a verb form used as a noun eg: we all protested Lauras smoking Use a period to end a statement, command, indirect questions, or polite request eg: send the completed report to me by June

Use a question mark after a direct question and after

statements with questions appended eg: most of their training is in house, isnt it? Use a dash to (a)set off parenthetical elements containing internal commas, (b)emphasize a sentence interruption, or(c) separate an introductory list from a summarizing statement eg: three top students-gene English, Donna Hersh, and Mika Sato-won awards

Use parentheses to set off non essential sentence

elements, such as explanations, directions, questions, or references eg: February 15 and march 1 Use quotation marks to(a) enclose the exact words of a speaker or writer;(b) distinguish words used in a special sense, such as slang; or(c) enclose titles of articles, chapters, or other short works eg: if you make your job improvement, said the consultant, its quite likely to return the favor

CAPITALIZATION
Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives Capitalize only specific academic courses and degrees

eg: professor Mangrum, PhD, will teach accounting 121 next spring Capitalize courtesy, professional, religious, government, family, and business titles when they precede names eg: Mr. James Capitalize the principal words in the titles of books, magazines, newspaper, articles, movies, plays, songs, poems, and reports eg: I enjoyed the book a customer is more than the value

Capitalize south, north, east, west, and their

derivatives only when they represent specific geographical regions eg: living in the East Capitalize the names of departments, or committees with in your own organization Capitalize product names only when they refer to trade marked items. Dont capitalize the common names following manufacturers names eg: Coca-Cola Capitalize most nouns followed by numbers or letters (except in page, paragraph, line, and verse references) eg: Room 14

NUMBER USAGE
Use word form to express (a)number ten and under

and(b)number beginning sentences Use words to express general references to ages, small fractions, and periods of time eg: when she reached twenty-one, she received one half of the estate Use figures to express most references to number 11 and over eg: over 150 people from 53 companies attended the two day workshop Use figures to express money, dates, clock time, decimals, and percents. Use a combination of words and figures to express sums of 1million and over

REFERENCE
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

-MARY ELLEN GUFFEY ENGLISH AT YOUR FINGER TIPS -FR.THOMAS KUTTIKATUKUNNEL WWW.WIKIPEDIA .COM

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