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[Also, check out General
Writing Guidelines on this website.]
Business Writing Format will normally include the following characteristics, for both
short and long reports:
 | Single-spaced within paragraphs |
| Double-spaced between paragraphs |
| Descriptive and frequent headings and subheadings |
| Perfect use of the English language--grammar, punctuation, sentence structure,
paragraph structure |
| Use of footnotes for material that does not fit into the content structure of the
writing but has important or interesting information that would be very useful
for the reader to know. |
| Proper citation (in the text or footnoted) and referencing (at the end) of ideas,
quotations, concepts that are not your own. Please review the statement about
Academic Honesty on this website. |
A long report will normally include, in addition to the above, the following
parts, in the following order:
| A title page |
| An executive summary (contains a short description of the issue or problem or
case, a statement of how the research was done, a brief summary of the major
findings, a listing of the recommendations) |
| A table of contents |
| An introductory section |
| Body of the report |
| A conclusions section |
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