Philippines

accomodate

acumulate

advice (noun)

analysis

changeable

commision

conscious

equiped

eminent

excellence

immediately

manuver

necessary

ocasionally

personnel

frevalent

resede

seize

unanimus

Checking Time
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Business Correspondence
should be

CDF
PS

EFFECTIVE
BUSINESS 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.

2.
3.
4.
5.

The General Manager gave us stern

warning not to commit the same
violation.
She hesitated.
Complete with her usual exaggerated
gestures.
Going around the companys compound.
You and I are meant to succeed.

Answers: S or F

1. S
2. S
3. F

4. F
5. S

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 View

1.
2.
3.

First Person- the subject narrates the

story
Second Person- the subject is being
spoken to
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 todays 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 ofsentenceor

clause in which thesubjectperforms or
causes the action expressed by theverb

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, theMona Lisawas
purchased by King Francis I of France.
The allegorical novelAnimal Farmwas written by
British author George Orwell during World War II.

EFFECTIVE
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

FORMAL

EFFECTIVE
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

PRECISE

EFFECTIVE
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

SIMPLE