Tutorial Activity: Grammar/Mechanics Review Exercise # 1

Directions: The following sentences contain errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization,

number style, usage, and spelling. Below each sentence write a corrected version.

1. About one thousand of Burger Kings seven thousand four hundred u.s. resterants is serving the

new coated fries.

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2. Meanwhile the highly-advertised McDonald’s 55-cent sandwich promotion which was pushed

heavy by its Oak Brook Headquarters turned out to be a major disappointment.

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3. A powerful reason for Burger Kings new success is, a hefty 2 patty burger thats being promoted

as an extra big Big Mac.

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4. After listening carefully to your advise we paid several months rent in advance.

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5. When convenent will you please send me 3 copys of the companys color logo?

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6. In Newsweek I saw an article titled How to develop the exercise habit.

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7. Appearing next is the President and Sales Manager both of whom were personally invited by

myself.

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8. Production cost and markup is important to the manufacturer and to we vendors.

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9. The only president to win a pulitzer prize is John F. Kennedy for Profiles in courage.

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10. Anyone of the Vice Presidents are authorized to sign checks, however for amounts that are over

10 thousand dollars 2 signatures are required.

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11. To be admitted an application must be submitted before April 1st.

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12. Although twenty percent of Campbell Soup Companys sales now come from outside the United

States the Company expects to increase that number to thirty percent, by 2002.

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13. The sierra club recommend investing in “socially responsible” companys such as the quaker

oats company.

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14. Some organizations worry that valueable company information may be stole over the internet.

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15. Jennifer completed a b.s. degree in Accounting, before taking a job with the boeing company.

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16. The number of students taking Foreign Language courses are decreasing everyyear.

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17. To ensure valid survey results each of the fortune 500 companies were sent a questionnaire by

the researchers.

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18. When Donna Sparks became Vice President of Customer Support at Xerox the support center

was receiving more than ten thousand calls a month.

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19. Amy miller president of quad graphics met privately with her director of marketing.

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Source: Guffey, M. E. (2001). Essentials of business communication (5th ed.). International Thomson
Publishing

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