Excellence in Business Communication, 11th Edition
Chapter 5. Writing Business Messages
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"As writers, we all have that place in our house where we tend to be more creative and the words just come a little easier for us.
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"When is the last time you sent a card or note to a business associate?
Linguist John McWhorter "traces the evolution of five words that have spent millennia drifting from one meaning into another.
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"A lot of writing for business is sloppy, poorly written, disorganized, littered with jargon, and incomplete.