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Tip #432:  Spelling:

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Tip # 432:  Spelling:  The use of a computer spelling checker helps with spelling problems; however, it does not solve all spelling problems.  The checker cannot detect a spelling error if the error spells a valid word; for example, if you mean “to” but accidentally write “too,” the spelling checker cannot detect the error.  You still need to proofread your document.  (I have learned this lesson many times.)

Weekly Exercise:

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This week’s quiz:

Rewrite the following fragmented sentences:

  1. The new manager instituted several new procedures.  Many of which are impractical.
  2. Providing all employees with hospitalization insurance.
  3. He disliked his boss.  And quit his job.

Reader's Comments:

Comments:  Fahimeh Dehkordi commented about last week’s question:  Answer: No, the way it is written is correct.   The past participle form of the verb is being used. For prove it is "Proven". "Proved" is simple past tense

I commented that we do not need the past participle form of “prove.”

Quote of the week:

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”  (Charles Darwin)

Answer to this week's exercise:

  1. The new manager instituted several new procedures, many of which are impractical.

  2. The organization has been providing all employees with hospitalization insurance.

  3. He disliked his boss and quit his job.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

More books on business writing and other business subjects  (available from Amazon.com). 

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