WHAT BUSINESS WRITING ISN’T AND IS
Business writing isn’t a different language with a separate set of words and phrases. In receipt of, as per your request, beg to acknowledge, and please be advised are relics of the past. They aren’t used anymore, or shouldn’t be anyway.
Business writing also isn’t dull and stereotyped. Bad writing is dull; good writing is interesting. These statements are true for all writing, business or any other kind. If you are interested in a subject but find the report dull, something’s wrong with the way the report is written.
Business writing is just like any other writing except more efficient. Whereas some kinds of writing aim at being dreamy, witty, entertaining, spooky, outrageous, shocking, or sexy, when you’re ...
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