Tham khảo tài liệu 'the ama handbook of business writing phần 4', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng nghe tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 156 The AMA Handbook of Business Writing You can add the en dash and em dash using the Insert Symbol function on a word processor such as Microsoft Word. Data Data is always plural. Datum is the singular form but is rarely used. Incorrect This data proves that our business is growing. Correct These data prove that our business is growing. Dates When writing a date a comma is placed between the day and the year. Example September 16 2012 There is no comma if the date is written in the European style. Example 16 September 2012 Dates can also be written using a slash or hyphen to separate the day month and year. When a slash or hyphen is used numerals are used to represent the month. Example 9 16 2012 or 9-16-2012 Do not use slashes or hyphens when writing dates in formal business documents. When including the day of the week add a comma after the day. Example Monday September 16 2012 When just writing a month and year do not add a comma between them. Section 2 The Business Writer s Alphabetical Reference 157 Incorrect September 2012 Correct September 2012 When abbreviating a decade there are two options. Use no apostrophe between the number and the s. Example 1990s Insert an apostrophe to show that something was left out. Example 80s Use the cardinal number when writing the days of the month without a year. Incorrect His birthday is March 26th ordinal . Correct His birthday is March 26 cardinal . When writing a century as a noun do not use a hyphen. Example The twentieth century gave birth to the television. When writing a century as an adjective use a hyphen. Example It was the nineteenth-century medical practices that caused so many battlefield deaths. Deaf or Hard of Hearing Use the entire phrase deaf or hard of hearing when referring to people who are deaf. Use deaf when space is limited. Hyphenate hard-of-hearing when it precedes a noun that it modifies. Example A man doing sign language stood on the side of the stage for the deaf or hard-of-hearing audience .
