Ohio University College of Business Communication Standards

Transition Words
And Consequently Therefore
Also For this reason After
On the other hand First, second, third As
Or Likewise Before
But Similarly In the future
However Finally Next
In contrast Furthermore Then
Nevertheless Moreover Until
On the contrary For example When
As a result For instance While
Because Indeed In conclusion
Parallelism
Parallel structure applies to words joined by a conjunction, joined by a conjunctive pair,
appearing in a series, and appearing in a listing.
Examples:
The whole day was spent returning phone calls, reading the mail, and dictating
correspondence.
When reading this report, you will:
• Learn the costs involved in old inventories.
• Appreciate the new computerized accounting system.
• Understand the new elements in the zero-based approach.
Titles and Numbers
Names of books, magazines and newspapers should be underlined or put in italics.
"Fortune and Business Week are important information sources."
"The Wall Street Journal had an article on that topic recently."
Numbers included in text vary according to their value and location.
• Numbers opening a paragraph or at the beginning of a sentence are written as words.
"Three hundred bankers rushed Wall Street today."
• Numbers one to ten (1 to 10) are entered in text as WORDS.
"I have three job offers in New York."
• Numbers above ten are placed in text as digits except when they open a paragraph.
"She left her son $4 million in cash and securities."
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