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【 阿波罗新闻网2008-02-04讯】
communication tip
"Using a Consistent Style in Business writing": The characteristics of your writing make up your writing style. Generally, the less attention you attract to the way you write, the more attention you will draw to what you say. Often, business writing seems cold and impersonal— due, in part, to the tone of it. And tone is part of style. In a general sense, 'tone' is the attitude of the speaker or writer as revealed in the choice of vocabulary or the intonation of speech. Business writers should consider the tone of their message, whether they are writing a memo, letter, report, or any type of business document. Tone is present in all communication activities. Ultimately, the tone of a message is a reflection of the writer and it does affect how the reader will perceive the message. Here are four reasons why we need to think about style:
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A crisp, clear style permits easier reading.
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Your final written product becomes more cohesive and coherent.
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Style adds symmetry and rhythm to writing.
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Your style tells your reader something about you as a human.
word/phrase
"Beg the question": means to prompt or raise the question.
e.g. "Every 2 days a juvenile is arrested and it begs the question that what is really happening to our parents?"
commonly confused
"Chord, Cord": Chord means group of musical notes or anything that can be struck. Cord means a long electrical line, or a wire or a rope.
e.g. "His story struck a chord with the listeners."
e.g. "He had to use an extension board since the electrical cord was short and could not reach the electrical supply."
do you know?
i About Calendar year: According to the Gregorian calendar, the calendar year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day.
The Gregorian solar calendar is an arithmetical calendar. It counts days as the basic unit of time, grouping them into years of 365 or 366 days. The solar calendar repeats completely every 146,097 days, which fill 400 years, and which also happens to be 20,871 seven-day weeks. Of these 400 years, 303 (the "common years") have 365 days, and 97 - the leap years - have 366 days. This gives an average year length of exactly 365.2425 days - or 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 12 seconds. A Gregorian year is divided into twelve months of irregular length (but note that there is a period of 153 days divided over 5 months in an alternating pattern from March to July that repeats from August to December). Leap years are all years divisible by 4, with the exception of those divisible by 100, but not by 400. These 366-day years add a 29th day to February, which normally has 28 days.
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