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The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Writing on the Job with Tips from Communications Experts at the Fortune 500

The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Writing on the Job with Tips from Communications Experts at the Fortune 500

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: How the Business Style Handbook Helped Me
Review: I'm glad I had a copy of The Business Style Handbook when a big argument erupted in my department. One group said you have to write "an NYSE stock" while another said you have to write "a NSYE stock." I took out a copy of The Business Style Handbook (which my wife gave me for Christmas to help me improve my e-mail) to settle the dispute. By the way, it should be written "an NYSE stock." It's one of the first times I've been on the right side of a grammar argument.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A must-have
Review: Last month, I started my first full-time job after graduating from college. This book has been an invaluable reference for me. The section on e-mail has been especially helpful as I've never written business-style e-mail before. I only wish I'd been given this book before I graduated, so that I could have improved my resumes and cover letters! I would absolutely recommend this book for both recent college graduates and seasoned employees.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Write to the Point
Review: This book may be the handiest and clearest book of tips on basic business writing I've read in a long time. The book's tips on writing clearly and for the reader of the office memo or e-mail are direct, short and to the point.

It doesn't waste words but it doesn't omit a lot of topics, either. For example, a memo writer is reminded to "write as you speak--if you speak clearly." Thousands, no, millions, of words have been devoted to this topic. This one sentence sums it up nicely.

Some may quibble with minor points in the book. For example, it advises readers not to capitalize the "The" in newspaper names because some papers use a "the" and some don't. To my way of thinking (and training), that's a question easily resolved by finding out what the newspaper uses. But this is a tiny point.

I much prefer the authors' valuable and wide-ranging bits of information:

khan: lowercase this term, which is a title for a ruler, an official or an important person in India and some central Asian countries.

c.o.d.: Use c.o.d. with periods for all references. It stands for cash on delivery. Without periods, it could be confused with the word cod, as in fish.
saccharin/saccharine: Often misspelled. The first is a sugar substitute; the second means overly sweet.

And so on, touching on topics from A to Z, as billed. I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A big help
Review: Writing isn't easy but it's part of my job. This book was recommended at a writing course given by my company and I find it very helpful. In fact, I use it all the time. I've even noticed that my co-workers are coming to me with questions about writing and when I'm too busy, I just hand them this book (and tell them to be sure to return it).


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