Effective Business Writing
Exercise 1.0
A. Correct
the Mistakes:
1. He’s the one which has the
blue tie on.
2. We like very much the new
secretary.
3. Could you tell me how can I
get in touch with Mr. Yamamoto?
4. We’re not sure he is enough experienced
for the position.
5. She’s very sick and has been
at the hospital for two weeks.
6. We talked during three
hours this morning.
7. We’re using all the
informations we have to make an informed decision.
8. They change often our seats at
work.
9. They don’t let us to send our
clients gifts without getting approval from management first.
10. Do we have some coffee or tea
to offer our guests?
11. I called Kate this
morning and she told me she’ll call me back in a half an hour.
12. We regularly conduct
emergency drills for ensuring that we are prepared for an emergency.
13. Brad is 32 now. He completes
33 years in October.
14. These are the most cheap gas
prices I have seen in my life.
15. Yesterday, I must sent a very
important email to a client.
16. We knew there was a gas leak
because it smelled really badly inside the house.
17. My parents always told me
that it’s important being positive.
18. For the economy, we haven’t
been able to hire any new people.
19. He says that he’s been really
tired since several weeks ago.
20. A friend of us is going to
pick us up at the airport.
21. I’ve worked like a waiter in
the past, but I wouldn’t want to do it again.
22. To sleep at work is
acceptable in some cultures.
23. Because these problems, we
shouldn’t move forward with this proposal right now.
24. I’m going to take my lunch
break and then to make some phone calls.
25. I’ve asked everyone to help
me with my college admissions essay. Even I asked someone I met on the bus.
B. Correct the Mistakes:
1. She recommended me that I take
a few days off from work.
2. I tried to explain him the
problem, but he had difficulty understanding me.
3. I don’t know why you didn’t
go. If I were you, I should have gone.
4. Kate claims that if
she got an MBA after finishing her bachelor’s degree, she might have been
considered for the position.
5. Kevin says he stopped to
travel internationally because of his family.
6. We regret informing you that
your application has been denied.
7. The interview was broadcasted
live over the internet.
8. I’m so glad that he spoke in
my behalf because I felt awful that I couldn’t make it to the event.
9. At first I studied
engineering in college, but I ended getting a marketing degree.
10. It was a frustrating
situation because we were uncapable of helping.
11. When the check came, I tried
to pay but John told me to put away my wallet and insisted that he paid for
dinner.
12. They had managed a few
crisises in the past, so they were able to handle this situation fairly well.
13. If you would’ve told me, I
would have given you my honest advice.
14. The four participants
discussed it between themselves.
15. We thought we were going to
expand this year, but we actually have less people now than we did two years
ago.
16. She’s trying to concentrate
herself on finishing her degree.
17. Unfortunately, the species
has gotten extinct due to human activity.
18. I’m a little afraid to do
this by my own.
19. He told me that he had never
been in that restaurant before.
20. Never before I had seen
something quite like that.
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