Style Guide for Business Writing

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Redundancy and repetition

Efficient writing often translates to elimination of unneeded words and phrases. This is especially true in cases of redundancy and repetition.

1.Avoid using unnecessary words and phrases in business writing.

Business writing style (like all other writing) should be to the point. All writers must guard against bad habits in their writing, and redundancy is one of the most common.

Redundant wording:

It is absolutely urgent to reach a final conclusion concerning the report enclosed herein. The proposed recommendations address the issues about basic fundamentals in our procedural methods.

Tightened wording:

We urgently need to reach a conclusion concerning the enclosed report. The recommendations address the basics in ...