Hi everybody, welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alicia, and today we're going to talk about 10 ways to improve your writing.

So, let's go.

Don't use text speak.

Okay, so the first tip to improve your writing is don't use text speak.

Text speak. By that, I mean, for example, like BRB or LOL or those kinds of words.

The words that you use on the internet, like SNS or in text messages with your friends, those very

short like slang words, T-T-Y-L or L-M-A-O or those sorts of acronyms, do not use those in your formal writing.

If you are writing a letter, a business email, whatever, do not use those.

The only one that you can use in a business email, so not in a letter of recommendation,

not in a formal letter, but the only thing you can use,

that's sort of text-speakish, is the acronym FYI, which means for your information.

You can use FYI in a mail to your colleagues and an email to your colleagues or your coworkers,

but usually it's with somebody you have a good relationship with. You can say FYI in those cases.

Other texts speak, other acronyms like that, don't use them.

You will sound immature, you will sound too casual.

Not a good idea.

Use proper punctuation. The next hint is to use proper punctuation, proper punctuation.

Punctuation, for example, we have commas, we have periods, semicolons, columns,

apostrophes, quotation marks, parentheses. All of these are punctuation marks, the little points

in our writing that tell readers where to stop reading or how sentences are connected.

Using proper punctuation in your writing will help your reader understand you.

And if your reader understands you well and you've used proper punctuation,

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