Respond to the following e-mail from a friend
Complete the exercises
1.
Use word processing or other
software to design a letterhead that could be
used for your personal business correspondence.
2.
Respond to the following e-mail
from a friend. Follow your instructor’s directions about
whether to print your message or send it electronically.
(Objective 1)
I want to apply for a job listed in today’s paper, but
there’s no company name—just a
post office box. What should I use for a salutation?
3.
Rewrite any of the
complimentary closings that are not appropriate for the situation.
a. Letter to your state senator Cordially
b. Letter to a new customer Respectfully
c. Letter to a long-time customer
Sincerely
4. Format the following
paragraph as the second page of a letter from Harry Clyde, Manager at Safeway
Insurance, to Mary Lee Allison; use today’s date. (Objective 1) After you have
read the brochure, phone me to arrange a meeting. At that time, we can discuss
the level of coverage appropriate for your business. I look forward to working
with you not only as you start your business but also as it grows.
9. Correct the following memo headings:
(Objective 5)
a. TO: Ebony Cartier
FROM: Seth Maas
Subject: Fiscal Year Closing Procedures
Date:
June 1, 201-
b. 201- June 09
SUBJECT: Vacation Requests
TO: Department Managers
FROM: John Demgen
Web exercises to accompany this chapter are
available at www.cengage.com/ bcomm/krizan.
Message Analysis
Correct the content, word choice, grammar,
and punctuation errors in the following message;
format it as a memo to Rachel Coker from
Paul Martin. Date the memo September 17; create an appropriate subject line.
Send a copy to the night shift leader.
You’re transfer to the knight shift has
been approved. I am sure you will injoy working with Jenny Carey; your new
shaft leeder.
As shown on the attached schedule, you will
begin working the night shift (midnight
to 8 a.m.) on Monday October 1. Please
continue working the day shift (eight to for) thru Friday, September 28th.
Rachel, you is an asset to our co, and we
are pleased to make this change to assist you in improving your child-care
arrangments.
Writer’s
Workshop
The following items may be sentence fragments
or contain errors in subject–verb agreement, pronoun–antecedent agreement,
comma and semicolon placement, number display, capitalization, spelling, word
choice, possessives, modifier clarity and placement, or parallelism.
Rewrite the sentences to make them correct.
1. Bailey Brothers have announced there
plans to open a manufacturing plant in Thunder Bay
Ontario.
2. John will be at the meeting, ask him
about the proposal then.
3. At Carver we’ve always believed in the
importance of safety therefore we offer complete line
of safety equipment.
4. Sara Redden, the ceo, met with the board
of Directers at nine o’clock a.m., dined with her
sister at 12 p.m., and golfed with clients
at 2 p.m.
5. Each of the candidates must submit an
application form with they’re letter and résumé.
6. Neither the Benson Brothers nor John
have read the twelve-page document.
7. After reading Scotts’ report Angie
suggested he ad 2 graphs.
8. The 15 dollar service fee does not
include packaging gift wrapping engraving or mailing
costs.
9. Bring these forms to accounting and ask
Paula Smith the department head to sign them.
10. Why does Amy want to know which of us
lead the building tour last week?
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