How To Teach Business Correspondence Methods Materials And Assignments For Training Correspondents And Letter Writers Classic Reprint

Author : Charles Raymond Barrett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330872512
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Business English and Correspondence written by Charles Raymond Barrett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Business English and Correspondence: A Practical Treatise on the Methods by Which Expert Correspondents Produce Clear and Forceful Letters to Meet Modern Business Requirements The business letter is the backbone of modern business. In many familiar instances it has entirely supplanted the traveling sales-man and the house-to-house canvasser; in other cases, it effectively supplements the efforts of the personal salesman by introductory letters and "follow-ups". The perfection of the typewriter, the dictating phonograph, and the many devices for imitating typewritten letters, has made the letter at once the greatest time- and labor-saver, and the greatest business-getter, of this age of trade and industry. In consequence, a practical knowledge of correct business letter writing is a distinct and valuable business asset. A business firm is judged as much by its letters as by its clerks and salesmen. A slovenly letter is as offensive as a slovenly clerk; a discourteous letter is as objectionable, an inaccurate or ambiguous letter as dangerous, as though its statements were made orally by an employe or member of the firm. Indeed, a careless or tactless letter may prove even more prejudicial to the interests of the firm, for it constitutes a permanent record, which it may embarrass the firm to explain or defend. It should, then, be the first care of every business firm, and of every man who handles by letter his firm's affairs or his own personal business, to make certain that those letters are at once business-like in appearance, appropriate in phrasing, and accurate in statement. The matter comprised in this handbook falls under two general heads: Business English and Business Correspondence. Under the first head are treated the elements of English grammar, the proper use of words, the construction of correct sentences and paragraphs, and the ordinary values and uses of punctuation marks. Under Business Correspondence are discussed the form of the business letter, its tone and style, the preparation of different types to meet varying business conditions, and the preparation and use of "form letters." Both sections are illustrated by many examples selected from actual business practice, and are supplemented by practice exercises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.