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supervisor when it comes to written works. I see to it that I study more until now.

3. What do you think it takes to be good in spelling and grammar?

Sample answer:
I think what is important is constant exposure to correct grammar. Familiarity with
various types of sentence construction may be developed through reading. Further-
more, reading more often can encourage people to learn new words.

1. Your co-worker is asked to prepare a memo announcing the formation of
a new committee. She seems to have had some trouble with spelling and
grammar and asks for some help in editing what she has written.

Sample answer:
You don’t have to worry about spelling mistakes, since you can make use of the spell
check feature available in your computer. The computer can also take care of basic
subject-verb agreement; however, in some cases the computer may show that you
have grammatical errors when there’s actually none. It is also better to have another
perspective to make sure that what you have written is unambiguous.

2. You are asked to edit the first draft for the description of a new product which
your company is launching. You noticed some spelling and grammatical er-
rors in the following sentences:

“Our company’s committment to excellence is apparrent with the develop-
ment of the turbo 5000. This product, which has increased accessability was
unparalelled in information transfer rate and has a host of accessories. All
these are designed to make you’re work more convenient.”
Please cite at least one grammatical mistake and two misspelled words.

Sample answer:
In the third sentence, the word ‘your’ which is the possessive form for the word ‘you’
should have been used instead of “you’re”. “You’re” is an abbreviation of ‘you are’ and
has an entirely different meaning. In the first sentence, one spelling error is “committ-
ment” which was misspelled with a double “t” when there should only be one. In the
second sentence, another mistake is “unparalelled”. The double l should be between
‘a’ and ‘e’. The single l should be before the ‘ed’ at the end of the word.

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