Tips to Improve Your Writing Skills

 

And How to Avoid Common Mistakes

 

Below are some basic writing "rules," along with an example of the rule being broken. Learn how to avoid these common mistakes.

1-be consistent

1. Be Consistent

&Sequence of Tenses: After he broke his arm, he is home for two weeks.

Shift of Pronoun: If one is tense, they should try to relax.

Parallelism: She skis, plays tennis, and flying hang gliders.

Noun Agreement: Eric and James want to be a pilot.

Pronoun Reference: Several people wanted the job, and he or she filled out the required applications.

Subject-Verb Agreement: There is eight people on the shore.

2-express ideas logically

2. Express Ideas Logically

Coordination and Subordination :Jen has a rash, and she is probably allergic to something.

Logical Comparison :Joey grew more vegetables than his neighbor's garden.

Modification and Word Order: Barking loudly, the tree had the dog's leash wrapped around it.

3- be clear and  precise

3. Be Clear and Precise

Ambiguous and Vague Pronouns :In the newspaper they say that few people voted.

Diction: He circumvented the globe on his trip.

Wordiness :There are many problems in the contemporary world in which we

live.

Improper Modification :If your car is parked here while not eating in the restaurant, it will be towed away.

4-follow conventions

Pronoun Case: He sat between you and I at the stadium.

Idiom:Jack had a different opinion towards him.

Comparison of Modifiers: Of the sixteen executives, Gretchen makes more money.

Sentence Fragment: Abby having to go home early.

Double Negative: Andie has scarcely no free time.

If you're not sure whether you're following the rules of writing correctly, be sure to ask your professor or contact the Writing Center at Saint Joseph’s College for help.

MARKETING VOCABULARY LIST

       

ABC’s of Selling

– Advice often given to new salespeople, meaning “Always be

Closing,” implying that nay time is a  good time to try to close the sale.  

Accessories

– Goods or services that complement others.

Accident

– An unexpected happening that is harmful or unfortunate.  

Accounting

– The process of recording, measuring and reporting the financial  condition of a business.

Acquisition

– The process of taking possession of something, e.g., acquiring

another business by purchasing it.

Advertisement

– A specific paid form of non personal presentation of ideas,

goods or services. 

Advertising Campaign

– A series of advertisements planned around a central

Theme.

After-Sale Service 

– All service preformed after  the sale of the product, e.g.,  delivery, instruction, installation or maintenance.

Agent

– Intermediary who assists in the  sale and/or promotion of goods and

services by does not take title to them.

Alternative Resource

– A resource that can be used in place of another.

Amount Tendered

– The amount the customer gives the cashier to pay for a

purchase.

Annual Fee

– an amount of money charged on a yearly basis for the privilege of using certain kinds of credit,  e.g., an American Express card.

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

– Rate of interest expressed as a yearly percentage.

Approach 

– The beginning of a sale when the  customer and salesperson first

Communicate; also called the opening  or attention step of a sale.

Apron or Receiving Apron        

– A sequentially numbered  form detailing the  movement of the shipment from the time it is shipped  until the invoice is paid.

Argumentative Customers

– Customers who seem to disagree with, question

or look for error in almost everything and everyone

Vocabulary of money

Account: a record of money a person deposits into a bank

Balance: the difference between credits and debits in an account

Bank: a building in which commercial banking is transacted.

Bank charges: money paid to a bank for the bank's services etc.

Banker’s draft: a cheque drawn on the bank (or building society) itself against either a cash deposit or funds taken directly from your own bank account.

Barter: to trade without using money.

Borrow: to ask for the temporary use of money on the condition of repayment and at a set rate of interest.

Branch: local office or bureau of a bank

Building society: a building society is like a bank, but it is owned by its members - savers and borrowers - and not by shareholders. Its traditional purpose was to lend money to individuals to purchase or remortgage their homes.

Cashflow: cash earnings minus cash outflows for fixed- and working-capital investment.

Cashier: an employee of a bank or building society who receives and pays out money.

Chequebook: book containing detachable cheques

Cheque: written order to a bank to pay the stated sum from one's account

Counterfeit: fake money made in order to deceive - also v.

Credit: money in a bank a/c; sum added to a bank a/c; money lent by a bank - also v.

Credit card: (plastic) card from a bank authorising the purchasing of goods on credit

Currency: money that is used by a country such as the United Kingdom.

Current account: bank a/c from which money may be drawn at any time; checking account US

Debit: a sum deducted from a bank account, as for a cheque - also v.

Debit card: you use a debit card in much the same way as a credit card but instead of receiving credit after making your purchase, the funds are automatically (within a few days usually) withdrawn from your bank account.

Debt: the state of owing something (especially money).

Denomination: a number that expresses the value of a coin or bill. A five pound note and a ten pound note represent two denominations.

Deposit: an amount of money placed with a bank

Deposit account: bank a/c on which interest is paid; savings account US.

Fill in: to add written information to a document to make it complete.

Interest: money paid for borrowing money, or money that a bank or building society pays a customer for putting money into their bank.

Interest rate: the percentage of an amount of money which is paid for the use of that money over a period of time.

Lend: to give the temporary use of money on the condition of repayment and at a set rate of interest.

Loan: money lent by a bank etc and that must be repaid with interest - also v.

Mortgage: most of us do not buy our homes outright for cash - instead we borrow money to do so.

Overdraft: deficit in a bank account caused by withdrawing more money than is paid in

Pay in: to deposit or put money in to a bank account

Payee: person to whom money is paid

Paying-in slip: small document recording money that you pay in to a bank account

Pence: plural of penny.

Standing order: an instruction to a bank to make regular payments

Statement: a record of transactions in a bank account

Withdraw: to take money out of a bank account

Withdrawal: the act of taking out money.