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Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 4, 122-128 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/108056999605900412

Written Language Skills of Entry-Level Accountants as Assessed by Experienced CPAs

Sandra J. Nelson

Indiana State University, Terre Haute

Susan Moncada

Indiana State University, Terre Haute

Douglas C. Smith

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Experienced CPAs were surveyed to examine the perception of the written lan guage skills of entry-level accountants. The results suggest that written lan guage fundamentals in word selection and usage, sentence and paragraph construction, and other grammar and mechanics remain a problem for entry- level accountants.


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