1. LONG REPORTS
SHORT REPORTS

2. THE SHORT REPORT
The special business report can be
classified into two categories. The
short report and long report, also
called the INFORMAL REPORT and
THE FORMAL REPORT

3. The short report may range from
short statement of facts presented
on a single page to a longer
presentation taking several pages.
The short, informal, report is
usually submitted in the form of a
letter or memorandum.

4. It does not carry a cover, table of
contents or any special display.

5. in style, this short report is
personal, informal and relaxed. It is
written in the first person (I or
WE), unlike the formal report in
which the use of first person is
usually for the sake of complete
objectivity. (A state or quality of
being objective).

6. Long Reports
The report is always a long one and
consists of only some of these
parts: cover, title page, contents
page, and letter of transmittal
(covering letter), summary

7. conclusion with or without
recommendations, appendix (A
section or table of additional matter at
the end of a book or
document)bibliography, and index.
(Record names, subjects, etc.) in an
index.
It is even printed sometime and bound
in hard covers like a book. When it
happens to be very long, a summary of
its main points is given after the

8. In style, the long or formal report is
impersonal and restrained in tone.
The writer or writers generally do
not use the first person (I or
WE), but used third-person
reference in some such ways. "It
was found" and "the writers are of
the opinion" etc.

9. n style, the long or formal report is
impersonal and restrained in tone.
The writer or writers generally do
not use the first person (I or
WE), but used third-person
reference in some such ways. "It
was found" and "the writers are of
the opinion" etc.

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