Philippines

accomodate

acumulate

advice (noun)

analysis

changeable

commision

conscious

equiped

eminent

excellence

immediately

manuver

necessary

ocasionally

personnel

frevalent

resede

seize

unanimus

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CDFPS

Business Correspondence should be

EFFECTIVEBUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

CLEAR

SENTENCE OR FRAGMENT Has a subject and

a predicate Has a complete

thought or idea Makes clear sense

Does not have a subject or a predicate

Has an incomplete thought

Does not make clear sense

Write S for sentence & F for fragment.1. The General Manager gave us stern

warning not to commit the same violation.

2. She hesitated.3. Complete with her usual exaggerated

gestures.4. Going around the company’s compound.5. You and I are meant to succeed.

Answers: S or F

1. S 4. F2. S 5. S3. F

Dangling Participles Clearing the excessive papers on the

table, the tension in the office really builds up.

*** Clearing the excessive papers on the table, the collection officer became upset.

Dangling Participles Sitting with her officemates, the

bouquet of flowers that was delivered delighted the secretary.

*** Sitting with her officemates, the cashier was delighted by the bouquet of flowers that was delivered.*** The cashier who was sitting with her officemates got delighted with the bouquet of flowers.

Three Points of View1. First Person- the subject narrates the

story2. Second Person- the subject is being

spoken to3. Third Person- the subject is being

spoken about

FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW We will complete the task as soon as

possible. I ensured that all transactions were well

attended to. Our group does not hesitate to perform

more than what is expected from us.

SECOND PERSON POINT OF VIEW You have to improve the manner that

you speak with our clients. You will be expected at 7:30 in the

morning on Monday.

THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW He is the subject of today’s emergency

meeting. She was present but refused to give her

input on the agenda. They were always physically present but

mentally absent.

EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

DIRECT

Statements should be Concise or short Straight to the point

WHY?TIME

CONSTRAINTS

Declarative statements in the Active Voice Declarative Statement-the subject

normally precedes the verb; ends with a period

Active Voice- a type of sentence or clause in which the subject performs or causes the action expressed by the verb

The tree was struck by lightning. This morning the burglar was arrested by the police. One type of air pollution is caused by hydrocarbons. An elaborate supper for the employees was

prepared by the General Manager and her children. It was decided by the court that the contract was

invalid. The first commercially successful portable vacuum

cleaner was invented by a janitor who was allergic to dust.

After Leonardo da Vinci's death, the Mona Lisa was purchased by King Francis I of France.

The allegorical novel Animal Farm was written by British author George Orwell during World War II.

EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

FORMAL

EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

PRECISE

EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

SIMPLE