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writing reports
Read about writing reports
Listen to some tips
writing reports
by Katherine Bilsborough

Some people have to write reports regularly in their daily lives, while others only have to do it occasionally for exams.  These latter tend to find report-writing a daunting task, whereas in fact they are quite simple because they follow rules which are designed to make life as easy as possible for the reader.  Bearing that in mind will always help.  

In this article you will

read about how to write a good report
listen to some tips on the  most important things to remember
look at the importance of register and formality
see some useful vocabulary

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