Report Writing

REPORT WRITING

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 7th Edition defines report as a written account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast.eg. newspaper report.

It is also defined as a written description of something containing information that somebody needs to have.eg. police or medical report.

It is an official document written by a group of people who have examined a particular situation or problem. eg. feasibility/survey report.

There are many kinds of reports such as

• Industrial Visit Report

• Accident Report

• Feasibility Report

• Survey Report

• Project Report.

• Recommendation Report

Techniques to be followed while writing a report.

• Formal language should be used.

• Simple and plain language should be followed to avoid errors.

• Coherence should be taken care of.

• Personal comments should not be included but official suggestions can be included.

• Grammatical errors should be avoided.

• Spell check/grammar check should be done.

• Subject verb agreement is very important in all sentences.

• Punctuation error, spelling errors and capital letter errors should be avoided.