Business Style Handbook – Helen Cunningham

The preferred form is dived. division Lowercase division when referring to parts of the government or corporations. The food products division increased earnings by 12%. .doc, .docx Use the period before the names of file extensions. Please consolidate the comments into a .docx file, so I can review everything at once. You need to create an error-free .doc file before submitting it for review. Dodd-Frank Act Use this shortened version of the legislation in all references; note the hyphen. It can be used interchangeably with Dodd- Frank law, but lowercase the l.

The full name of this financial reform legislation is Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. dollar Use figures with the $ sign. Note there is no space between $ and the number, as in $4 million. • The rule to spell out numbers under 10 does not apply to money. The binder costs $7. • Avoid redundancy. Write $1 million, not $1 million dollars. • For amounts without a figure, always lowercase dollars: The bond issue was denominated in dollars.

• Use singular verbs with specified amounts. More than $100,000 is expected when making the first payment. •For amounts less than $1 million, follow this style: $9, $34, $500, $2,500, $50,000, $365,000. • For amounts more than $1 million, follow this style: $2.3 million, $4.57 billion. • For communications with an international orientation or audience, put US before $ (US$2.1 billion), since many countries use dollars.

Note that spaces are not needed on either side of $ and periods are not used in US, which differs from the usual abbreviation for the United States, which is U.S. See foreign currency entry. • Abbreviate million as mn and billion as bn for charts and graphs.

dollar-a-year, dollars a year Use hyphens and write dollar without an s when used as an adjective, as in The million-dollar-a-year exhibit draws people from all over the world.

Praise for “The Business Style Handbook” “The Business Style Handbook” is a very useful reference for my international business students who have been taught British English and are unfamiliar with American English in the U.S. workplace. The book also provides helpful explanations and examples for its alphabetized entries in addition to basic American writing guidelines. It’s a wonderfully concise and easy-to-use book! – Wendy Vierow, Ph.D., State University of New York, New Paltz I use this book in my basic business writing classes because it is so user friendly.

It has an A-to-Z guide, so you don’t have to know the categories you’re looking for. My participants give it rave reviews, and lots of them give it to their high-school and college-aged kids to help them too. – Nancy Hatch Woodward, business writer/editor/teacher As a dining service company with clients in business, the arts, academia and the public sector, we pride ourselves on the meticulous attention we pay to the quality of our food and service.

It’s essential to project that same image in our written communications. Many of the professionals throughout all of our departments consider “The Business Style Handbook” an indispensable tool in their daily activities – from proposals, presentations and press releases to marketing materials, menus, our social media platforms and trade show presence. This book is a great tool to help our people meet our high standards for all forms of professional communication.

– Thomas Eich, president & COO, CulinArt, Inc. Cunningham and Greene cover the most critical components of writing (business or otherwise) clearly and succinctly. “The Business Style Handbook” is an effective learning tool and a must-have reference for business professionals. – Kerry Fina, M.A., Doane College, adviser and adjunct faculty As a professor and business consultant, I find “The Business Style Handbook” to be an excellent reference.

The book is well organized and easy to use for both students and professionals. It contains invaluable tips to help you thrive in today’s business world. – Holly G. Green, The Human Factor, Inc., managing director 1kitap1.com/en 1kitap1.com/en Copyright © 2013 by Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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• Pages: 289
• Language: English (en)

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• Total Words: 75,260
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• Average Words per Page: 260.42
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