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Writing well is not just about constructing logical sentences. It also involves the correct use of abbreviations, capital letters, and numbers in your business writing. Knowing how to use them consistently is a strong asset to have as part of your communication skills.
In this course, you’ll learn the basic rules of capital letters, abbreviations, and numbers. You’ll learn how to correctly abbreviate titles, names, locations, and countries, as well as how to capitalize direct quotes, titles, names of organizations, and product names, among other elements. In addition, you’ll explore other key elements for better writing – the forms and uses of numbers with dates and time, money, fractions, and symbols.

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Objectives

Abbreviations, Capitals, Numbers recognize the correct application of basic rules for abbreviating words identify correct abbreviations of given words recognize the correct application of basic rules for capitalizing words identify appropriate capitalization for headings, lists, and colons recognize how to capitalize places and events correctly recognize the correct application of basic rules for using numbers identify the correct use of numbers in given examples use abbreviation, capitalization, and number rules in written communications