Better Business Letters; A Practical Desk Manual Arranged for Ready Reference, with Illustrative Examples of Sales Letters, Follow-Up, Complaint, and Collection Letters
Better Business Letters; A Practical Desk Manual Arranged for Ready Reference, with Illustrative Examples of Sales Letters, Follow-Up, Complaint, and Collection Letters
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ..."Why incur such risk, when a little care for such matters will avoid it altogether? Equally destructive of attention--or, perhaps it were better to say, wholly incapable of arousing attention--are the futile, vapid phrases so often used by writers of business letters as a result of an unthinking habit. One of the first ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ..."Why incur such risk, when a little care for such matters will avoid it altogether? Equally destructive of attention--or, perhaps it were better to say, wholly incapable of arousing attention--are the futile, vapid phrases so often used by writers of business letters as a result of an unthinking habit. One of the first habits to be cultivated by anyone who would make his letters original and "pulling" is the avoidance of the use of stilted and formal phrases. Some of these are listed below. For a general discussion of good English in business writing and for immediate aid in puzzling questions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and the uses and meanings of words, the reader should consult the volume entitled Better Business English, in this series. I. FUTILE PHRASES Whatever the nature of your letter, avoid the use of language of this sort: We are enclosing here-The "herewith" and the "hereto" with are redundant, unnecessary, and Please find attached hereto Enclosed please find stilted. You would not use them in conversation. What does "please find" mean? This phrase, also, would sound ridiculous to you if someone used it in speaking to you. The simple, natural expressions would be: "We enclose a circular," etc., and "You will find a sample attached." Hoping to receive your valued order Thanking you in advance Awaiting your reply Aside from the utter uselessness and futility of such phrases, a letter should never close with a sentence beginning with a participle. If you must say something of the sort conveyed by these phrases, translate them into something like this: "We assure you that we shall take pleasure in seeing that your order is given the most careful and prompt a...
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