Business Writing - Words and Phrases you Should Avoid

To improve your writing skills you should not use wordy, dangling, trite and common place jargons, phrases, words and gobbledygook. Clichés create nothing but bad impressions on the reader. The following is the list of some of jargons that you should avoid.

1. Advise (we advise you that…)
2. And oblige
3. As per
4. Beg
5. Duly
6. Esteemed
7. Herewith
8. State
9. Thanking you, thanking you in anticipation
10. Wish to say, wish to state, would like to say
11. Acknowledge receipt of, hereby acknowledge
12. Dated
13. Regards,
14. Hereby
15. Above mentioned of stated
16. In order to.
17. Attached herewith please find.
18. Permit me to say.
19. In due course, in the future.
20. During the time that.
21. In the month of.
22. For the purpose of.
23. Enclosed herein.
24. As soon as possible, soon.
25. We hope, I trust, we expect (such phrases create doubts).
26. Thanking you in advance.
27. I remain, I beg to remain.
28. Hoping to hear from you soon.
29. As a matter of fact.
30. Prior to.
31. Subsequent to.
32. Sentences in passive voice.

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