Essentials of Business Communication 10th Edition by Dana Loewy,Mary Ellen Guffey

Exercise 6

Use proofreading marks (see Appendix A) to correct errors and omissions in the following sentences. All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence. Check with your instructor for the answers.
1. Mark Zuckerberg worked for years to build Facebook however it was years' before the company made a profit.
2. E-businesses has always been risky, online companys seem to disappear as quick as they appear.
3. According to a leading data source three of the top European entertainment companys are the following Double Fusion, Jerusalem, Israel, Echovoc, Geneva, Switzerland, and IceMobile, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
4. By the way Tess e-mail was forwarded to Mr. Lopezes incoming box in error and she was quite embarrassed.
5. The SECs findings and ruling in the securitys fraud case is expected to be released in one hours time.
6. Only one HMOs doctors complained that they were restricted in the time they could spend listening to patients comments.
7. Any one of the auditors are authorized to conduct an independent action however only the CEO can change the councils directives.
8. Charles and Les mountain bicycles were stole from there garage last night.
9. Five of the worst computer passwords are the following your first name, your last name, the Enter key, Password , and the name of a sports' team.
10. On January 15 2015 we opened an innovative full equipped fitness center.