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Question Can do Fairly good Not so good Help!
1. I know how to plan a letter.
2. I can plan a report and put its elements in order quickly and effectively.
3. I know how to convey a tone appropriate to the nature of the document and to my relationship with the recipient.
4. I can write simply and clearly, avoiding complex words and unnecessary jargon.
5. I know how to punctuate correctly. (E.g. When to use hyphens, colons, semicolons, commas and brackets, and how to use apostrophes correctly ).
6. I know how to control sentence length to make my writing more readable.
7. I understand the principles of good layout for written material.
8. I know when to use active and passive verbs to affect the tone of my writing.
9. I can produce non-sexist writing that remains grammatically correct.
10. I know how to avoid using business cliches 

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