ENG 302 United Arab Emirates University United States Post Office as A Business Paper Please see the link Content area from National Geographic about the United States Post Office as a business. Many people believe that the Post Office should not be privatized, and many more feel it should. Read the article and write a short recommendation as to whether or not you think we should eliminate, or privatize the Post Office. I will attach the Business Writing Format document use it as a guide to writing your response.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/05/tumultuous-history-united-states-postal-service-constant-fight-survival/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=History_20200525&rid=6F4F692C5EFEB42C61BEE66219C106D0 National Geographic about the United States Post Office as a business. Many
people believe that the Post Office should not be privatized, and many more feel it
should. Read the article and write a short recommendation as to whether or not you
think we should eliminate, or privatize the Post Office. Use the Business Writing
Format document as a guide to writing your response.
Business Writing Format
Documents are single-spaced.
Times New Roman 12 pt. font is used for the body text.
upright
italic
Serif type
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Sans serif type
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Quite a difference for the serif type; not much change for the sans serif.
Italic Versus Bold
When you want to emphasize a word or a phrase within a paragraph, use italic instead of bold. Bold stands out too
much, from several feet away. Reserve bold for headings and titles. Italic type, on the other hand, stands out as yow
read it—perfect for words and phrases within paragraphs.
Titles are Times New Roman 14 pt. font bold.
Arial is used for headings and captions, when using captions, they are Arial 10 pt. font.
Headings are Arial 12 pt. bold
Headings can be down style—or—Headings Can Be Up style but be consistent
Reasons to Use Headings
You’ll want to use headings in anything longer than a page because they
• show your reader at a glance that your document is organized;
• label the parts of your document;
• show where pans begin and end (replacing the need for verbal transitions);
• help your readers find the parts of your document they need to read;
• help you organize your writing in first place.
Let your reader know the “Bottom Line” from the start of your document—why am I reading this?
START WITH YOUR MAIN POINT
What do you suppose is the most read sentence in any document? My guess: the first sentence. If you put your
main point there (or near there), you can be pretty sure your readers, no matter how busy they are, will at least see
the most important thing you have to say.
Picture yourself as a reader at work. And picture yourself with plenty of work to do already as new stuff hits your email. How attentive will you be to it? How carefully will you go through it? And what if your biorhythms aren’t at
their peak when you start to go through your new e-mail?
Block paragraphs—no indentation.
USE BLOCK PARAGRAPHING
By block paragraphing, I mean:
• don’t indent the first line of your paragraphs,
• do put space between all paragraphs.
More space above than below headings—white space makes your document look less cramped.
Let your reader know the “Bottom Line” from the start of your document—why am I reading this?
Use bullets in your documents
USE GOOD LAYOUT FOR LISTS
Whenever you have more than one of something, consider using an indented (or “bulleted”) list. For instance, using
an indented list if you have two or more of these:
• reasons
• examples
• recommendations
• conclusions steps
Notice the bullets in the headings, Reasons to Use Headings, Use Block Paragraphing, and Use Good Layouts For
Lists are parallel. The first one ends each phrase with a semicolon, the second with a comma and periods, and the
last with no punctuation. Whichever you use be consistent.
Use a System for Punctuating Your Bulleted Lists
There is no single system In fact, there aren’t even any standards. One company use one system for
punctuating bullets; the company next door may use another. ‘That said, let’s consider two systems, starting
with the traditional system. Suppose there is a list in a paragraph, with no indenting (yet): Our company is
about to buy new equipment: computers, printers, and fax machines.
The t
system simply keeps all the punctuation and the word and:
Our company is about to buy new equipment:
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•
•
computers,
printers, and
fax machines.
That system is fine. Sometimes I use a slightly different one. If the items in the indented list are not full
sentences, I get rid of the punctuation and often the word and:
Our company is about to buy new equipment:
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•
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computers
printers
fax machines
And if the bulleted items are all sentences, then I make them look like sentences:
Our company is about to buy new equipment:
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We’re ordering five new computers.
We’re ordering two color printers.
We’re ordering three fax machines,
But any system is fine because there is no standard system. Just be consistent.
CHOOSE A GOOD BULLET SYMBOL
Just let your word processor automatically handle your bullet symbols.
In the old days, you saw the asterisk (*) and the hyphen (-) as bullet symbols. If you see those in business writing
today, that means the writer hasn’t yet found out how to make a bullet!
Here’s the most common bullet symbol:
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