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

Exercise 31

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. My partner and myself will meet at our attorneys office at three p.m. on June ninth to sign our papers of incorporation.
2. Emily prepared 2 forty page business proposals to submit to the Senior Account Manager.
3. Of the 235 e-mail messages sent yesterday only seven bounced back.
4. Your short term loan for twenty-five thousand dollars covers a period of sixty days.
5. Each new employee must pick up their permanent parking permit for lot 3-A before the end of the 14 day probationary period.
6. 259 identity theft complaints were filed with the Federal trade commission on November second alone.
7. Robertas 11 page report was more easier to read then Davids because her's was better organized and had good headings.
8. Every morning on the way to the office Tatiana picked up 2 lattes that cost a total of eight dollars.
9. Taking 7 years to construct the forty thousand square foot home of Bill Gates reportedly cost more then fifty million dollars.
10. Many companys can increase profits nearly ninety percent by retaining only 5% more of there current customers.