Writing in the Business World
a) Rewrite the following sentences correctly:
(i) None of the letters were given the Office Manager.
(ii) Our Legal Department have been investigating this matter since two months.
(iii) The secretary has broke the typewriter.
(iv) The entire problem must be looked up before a decision is made.
(v) Although this is a very useful machine to have in the office. The cost is too
high.
b) Rewrite the following words correctly:
recomendation perticularly recieve mentenance acheive secretery
acommodation occuring
conscencious sinserely
4 When Paul Beard of BuildRite Construction Company eventually wrote the report to his
boss recommending a new office filing system, his secretary had to correct the style and tone
of the following sentences. How would you have rewritten these sentences?
a) You must examine the attached brochures.
b) I recommend that we install the XQ2 system immediately.