Introduction to Becoming an MMC EIC

Internal Use Only

Content - Style & Grammar

Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) is stated as a decimal number (compared to one), not in percent. Example: • The company’s current ratio is 1.35 (not 135%). The “to one” part of the ratio is understood and does not need to be stated.

Ratios

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Internal Use Only

Content - Style & Grammar

Place periods and commas inside quotation marks. Use an ellipsis as needed. An ellipsis is the omission of words from a quote represented by three periods (…).

Punctuation & Quotes

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