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Help Desk: Application Letter

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Below is an example of a letter of application, which is simple, brief, and straightforward:. Please consider this letter my application for a data encoder as advertised in the Classified Ads section of the Manila Today, dated February 5, 2011. As it is difficult for me to know from the advertisement the exact qualifications you require of an applicant, i shall outline my qualifications very briefly:. Enclosed is my resume for your reference. Very truly yours,. Letters are writ...

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Help Desk: May 2011

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Using Numbers Correctly - Part III. Express street and building numbers in figures, except for the number one. If the address involves two numbers, use a hyphen in-between. When the name of the street is a number, spell out the name of the street for numbers under eleven. When the name of the street includes the word North. Spell out all street numbers that can be expressed in one word; use figures to express compound numbers. 52 East Third Street. 49 West Tenth Drive. The meetings...

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Help Desk: June 2011

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Sunday, June 26, 2011. Importance of Word Study. The importance of learning new words and using them naturally and modestly is what this study is all about. The cultural value of a good vocabulary, to be able to speak and write correctly has a definite value in social and in business. He who commands words commands men. Meaning he wishes to impart, a skillful writer seeks not any. Word but rather, the exact. Words will not do. Carelessly chosen words betray slovenly thinking. No language affords greater ...

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Help Desk: Correct Use of Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Correct Use of Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point. The period, the question mark, and exclamation point are "end-line". Punctuation marks. In the study of punctuation, some of the rules in this blog are not absolute. The main rules are well defined and fixed, but there is considerable variety of usage in details among writers. However, consistency in punctuation is certainly advisable. 1 Use a period after a declarative. Mr, Mrs., Ms., Mmes., Messrs. That is); etc.

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Help Desk: Trite Words and Phrases - Part II

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Sunday, July 3, 2011. Trite Words and Phrases - Part II. This phrase lacks originality. It is better to say, " May we have an answer at once? Avoid such expressions as beg to state. Poor: In answer to yours of the 10th inst., beg to state. Better: In answer (or response; or reply) to your letter of May 10, we are pleased. This expression has become trite. Be more original and use immediately. Or mention a specific date. Do not use in the sense of assert. Negative: Replying to your complaint. Too flowery ...

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Help Desk: Spelling Correctly - Part I

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Sunday, March 18, 2012. Spelling Correctly - Part I. The application of the following rules should help you over some of the more difficult aspects of spelling:. Words of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Dot, dotting ,. Hum, humming,. Flag, flagging ,. Ban, banning, banned. Words With Accent on Last Syllable. Occur, occurring, occurred. Exceptions to Rule I. Words Not Accented on Last Syllable. August 2...

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Help Desk: July 2011

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Sunday, July 31, 2011. Commonly Misused Words and Phrases - Part I. Certain words are often incorrectly used because of confusion resulting from similarity with other words in spelling or in meaning. The following deserve careful attention:. Is regularly used before words beginning with a consonant and an. Before words beginning with a vowel, when certain words written with an initial vowel are pronounced as though beginning with a consonant, a. Is used. Also, an. One-man business, a. Union card, a.

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Help Desk: November 2011

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Commonly Misused Words and Phrases - End Part. A thing is neither unique. Do not say, " more unique. The definite article the. Should always precede this proper noun, which is singular when it refers to the nation and plural when it refers to the states. Do not use up. After most simple verbs which are complete in meaning within themselves. Say close. And so on, rather than " close up. And the like. It is correct in some other cases, as, "His men brought up. Do not use very.

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Help Desk: April 2011

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Sunday, April 24, 2011. Correct Use of Quotation Marks, Parentheses, Dashes, and Brackets. Previous posts have discussed the order or arrangement of quotation marks with period, comma, semicolon, question mark, and exclamation point. The following rules are therefore in order:. 1 Double quotation marks are used to enclose direct quotations. The manager wrote, "Our regular working hours are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm". When a quotation is interrupted by he said. The term "heavy" is used rather freely today.

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Help Desk: August 2011

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Commonly Misused Words and Phrases - Part III. Data, memoranda, phenomena, strata, criteria, analyses. Foreign words such as these are plural. Notice particularly the spelling of each. Data is never used in the singular. Correct: These ( Not this. Data are ( Not is. Correct: Distribute these three. Memoranda to the department managers. The analyses ready on these stocks? A colloquialism for appointment or social engagement. Colloquial: I have a date. Colloquial: Can I date.