The Writing of Business Sentence Structure Exercise

The following examples include sentence fragments, misplaced modifiers, and faulty parallelism. Revise each example so that it is a complete and correct sentence. Write your changes in the spaces provided between the lines of text, using carets (^) to show additions and crossing out words you wish to omit.

1. Economists are trying to analyze Japan's economic success. Since many

   Japanese products have achieved competitive advantage.

2. After reviewing your credentials, your resume was forwarded to the

   marketing department.

3. The U.S. automotive industry is challenged by Japanese car companies.

   Such as Toyota, Nissan, and Honda.

4. We must change the current parking policy, or additional locations for

   parking must be found.

5. The project being financed by municipal bonds and publicized in all the

   media.

6. As supervisor of the computer print-out site, I schedule 15 student employees

   into a 75-hour work week, make sure that supplies such as paper and ribbons

   are ordered, and am responsible for fixing or reporting malfunctions in the

   programs, computers, printers, or scanners.

7. We had to revise two sections in the procedures manual which were

   ambiguous.

8. By having accurate and up-to-date figures, customer inquiries can be

   answered efficiently.

9. Because the farmer had borrowed heavily in order to pay for seed corn.

   He faced the prospect of foreclosure.

10. Several functions of this publication follow:
    • A way for Andrew Martinson, Rachael Woodworth, etc. to

      reach the entire residence group.

    • Give recognition to persons in Cable offices, Residential Service

      Centers, and Installation and Repair for special sales efforts.

    • Offer testimonials from field personnel on "unique" selling

      techniques that work.

    • A question and answer section.

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