Instructor’s Blog
Hello, and welcome to my Blog. Below this post you will see previous posts from last semester’s class. This is the first Blog for our class. I will post a new blog regularly and include a link to each new blog on our Group FaceBook page. Please be sure to join that page now, if you haven’t already. Here is the link: English 301 .
You Attitude and drafting the formal report
By erikapaterson on March 21, 2018 @8:29 am
The 5 essential rules of YOU attitude: Avoid starting with “I” or “We.” Avoid “you” when it criticizes the reader. The best way to do this – is to take the reader out of the sentence. See example below*. The…Drafting a Formal Report: the most common and serious errors
By erikapaterson on March 18, 2019 @8:58 am
When drafting your Formal Report keep in mind the most common and serious errors: Writing with a negative tone: Avoid the negative. Writing with a demanding tone: Respect your reader, edit out imperative verbs. Writing information that your reader already…Writing Tips: framing survey questions
By erikapaterson on March 19, 2018 @11:16 am
When composing survey questions, it is essential that the questions are framed in the positive, and do not lead toward a particular answer. In other words, avoid ‘leading questions.’ For example: Leading Questions: At what time of day or in…Avoid the Negative
By erikapaterson on March 8, 2018 @12:43 pm
Always ‘avoid the negative’ when writing proposals; stress positive outcomes rather than negative situations Here is an example: negative With the rise in employees and with the lack of an organized HR information systems and management in place, it is…More Unit Two Writing Tips
By erikapaterson on March 1, 2018 @12:51 pm
When writing a list of things to do – try replacing imperative verbs with “ing” verbs – your writing tone will improve. For example: Post a professional profile photo. Profiles with photos are more likely to be viewed. When taking…