Rule 9: Use One Page for Most Correspondence

Rule 8: Use Personal Pronouns

Rule 10: Avoid Sentences that Begin with "It is," "There is," or "There are"

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Rule 9: Use One Page for Most Correspondence

Your writing should not exceed one page for most correspondence. Try to limit staff

Introduction

papers to one or two pages. Longer papers will cause your readers to lose interest. If

you can't avoid writing a long paper, prepare a short cover document and add short

enclosures.

Army correspondence must meet specific format rules. This table identifies

Use the right

references for setting up formats.

format

If you want information on ...

Then refer to ...

For ...

formats,

AR 25-50,

 memorandums,

Preparing and

letters,

and

Managing,

endorsements.

Correspondence

 letterheads, margins,

indentation,

page

headings, and other

layout features.

FM 101-5, Staff

combat orders, plans,

Organization and

estimates, annexes, staff

Operations,

studies, and messages.

spelling, punctuation, and

AR 25-50 and the

almost all rules.

grammar,

U.S. Government

Printing Office

(GPO), Style

Manual,

AR 310-50,

abbreviations, brevity

Authorized

codes, and acronyms.

Abbreviations,

Brevity Codes, and

Acronyms,

Section II of this

grammar rules.

lesson,

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