vu fin630 Mid Term Subjective Solved Past Paper No.6

Colons:

Use colons for the following purposes:

1. To introduce and emphasize lists, quotations and explanations and certain appositional elements (see Layout)
2. To express ratios
3. To separate numbers signifying different nouns, such as in separating units of
4. Time or elements in a bibliographic citation
5. To separate titles from subtitles

Types of report Following are different types of report:

1. Feasibility report
2. Empirical research report
3. General report
4. Progress report
5. Analysis report

Conciseness eliminate wordy expressions

To avoid wordy expressions, use single words whenever possible. Here are some examples of how word economy saves the reader's time and effort.

Wordy: I want to take this opportunity to tell you that we are grateful to you

Concise: Thank you

Wordy: We are grateful and appreciative

Concise: We look forward with anticipation to…

Avoid trite, "which" that clauses whenever possible

We wan to buy chairs which are of the executive types

We want to buy executive type chairs Include only relevant material

Your reader will lose interest in your message if he/she finds irrelevant things in your message. Using only well-chosen words can help you convey relevant facts.

Avoid, information obvious to the reader

Avoid long introduction, excessive adjectives, pompous works

Avoid unnecessary repetition.

Avoid repetition by using pronouns, short names or acronyms, etc.

Stick to the purpose of the message.

Writing concisely means using only necessary, meaningful words.