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Enlisted Personnel 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Sergeant ... (full name), USA Address Dear Sergeant ...: Seaman ... (full name), USN Address Dear Seaman ...: For more Writing tips, visit http://Writing.lifetips.com
Navy and Coast Guard Officers 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Rear Admiral ... (full name), USN (OR: USCG) Address Sir: Madam: Dear Admiral ...: For officers below the rank of commander, use: Dear Mr. ...: For more Writing tips, visit http://Writing.lifetips...
Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps Officers 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Lieutenant General ... (full name), USA (OR: USAF) (OR: USMC) Address Sir: Madam: Dear General ...: (NOT: Dear Lieutenant General ...:) For more Writing tips, visit http://Writing.lifetips.com
General Address Formatting 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Addresses for officers and enlisted personnel should include title/rank and full name followed by a comma and the initials USA, USN, USAF, USMC, or USCG. For more Writing tips, visit http://Writing.l...
Writing (Communication): Do your sentences measure up? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Want to avoid boring your audience? Keep your sentences to 15 words or fewer. Longer than that, you will force your reader to go back and read the sentence a second time in order to understand its mea...
Writing (Communications): Directions versus geographic locations 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
If it's a part of the world in which people live, capitalize it. (e.g., Have you ever visited the Far East?) If it's compass direction, keep it in lower case. (e.g., How far east do I have to travel i...
Writing (Communications): Avoid exclamation points. 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Unless you are writing a children's book or cartoon strip, exclamation points should be avoided. They suggest effusiveness, not a prized quality in business writing. The period is the mark you need fo...
Writing (Communications): Avoid expletives. 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
If you're old enough to remember Richard Nixon, you may think "expletives" means naughty words. But, in the sentence- structure sense, an expletive is simply a sentence that begins with "There are" or...
Secretary General of the United Nations 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
His (or "Her") Excellency ... (Full name) Secretary General of the United Nations United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Excellency: Dear Mr. Secretary General: Dear Madam Secretary General: For mo...
Using "That" or "Which?" 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
That: Should be used restrictively to narrow a category or identify a particular item being talked about. Example: -This is the house that Jack built. -There are a lot of grammar mistakes that make ...
