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Impolite writing is: Angry - showing strong negative emotions in your writing. Don't overuse 'weasel words' and phrases that make you sound weak and unsure. Use adjectives and adverbs instead of prepositional phrases.
Impolite writing is: Angry - showing strong negative emotions in your writing. Don't overuse 'weasel words' and phrases that make you sound weak and unsure. Use adjectives and adverbs instead of prepositional phrases.
Impolite writing is: Angry - showing strong negative emotions in your writing. Don't overuse 'weasel words' and phrases that make you sound weak and unsure. Use adjectives and adverbs instead of prepositional phrases.
Angry showing strong negative emotions in your writing Sarcastic saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny or rude Condescending acting as if you are better than the other person Presumptuous going beyond the limits of what is proper or accepted in a situation 1. If you honestly expect me to meet the November 21 deadline, I need the newest sales numbers and I need them now, so hand them over! ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. If you had been paying attention, you would have known that all requests for extra workers must be made through the human resources department. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. We have much better things to do here at our company than speak with customers who could easily find the same information on our website. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Show me some respect and tell me how the meeting went. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. Since youre the team leader, motivating team members is your problem, not mine. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ DONT BE OVERLY POLITE Dont make unnecessary apologies X I am so sorry to have to ask you to confirm the time and location of our next meeting. Please confirm the time and location of our next meeting. Dont overuse weasel words and phrases that make you sound weak and unsure I hope, I trust, perhaps if you have time, maybe if its not too much trouble, if you could possibly, etc.
BUSINESS STYLE REVIEW
CONCISENESS Eliminate long lead-ins (delete or rewrite opening info that ends in that or because) Use verbs instead of nouns with ment or tion endings Dont repeat yourself Keep it simple and direct Use adjectives and adverbs instead of prepositional phrases Introduce the subject early Dont overuse who, which, that POSITIVITY dont use negative words (NOT) if you dont need to emphasize what the reader CAN do rather than what he or she cant present your information from readers point of view use 2nd person pronouns (you, your, yourself) instead of 1st person (I, my, we, us, our) x We give our customers 5% off their first purchase. You get 5% off your first purchase. Dont use 2nd person when giving bad news Emphasize reader benefits - (put good stuff first) x Please fill out our survey to receive a free gift To receive a free gift, please fill out our survey. avoid negative wording for positive or neutral ideas (NO NOTS) be careful of word choice - unfortunately, allege, claim, reject, deny, mistake, regret, unable, deny, fail(ure) can start a conflict use dependent clauses and passive voice when giving bad news POLITENESS dont write in an angry, sarcastic, condescending, or presumptuous way dont be overly polite dont apologize when you dont have to dont overuse weasel words be confident but dont boast