Writing Style – Ms. or Ms

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Kirby’s question: “I know you have written about the abbreviations Mr., Mrs., and Ms. before. However, is it correct, as Ms. is not a true abbreviation, not to place a period after it? With each year, we are using Ms. more often than either Miss or Mrs.” BizWritingTip response: Ms. can be written with or without […]

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Information/Fun – Season’s Greetings

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We are forwarding you this message from Greg as a bit of light-hearted fun for this holiday season. We’ll get back to business in early January. Some Business Writing Tips: Avoid alliteration. Always. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.) Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & […]

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