Posted: August 19th, 2015

Proofread the memo for errors in punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and use of numbers.

Proofread the memo for errors in punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and use of numbers. Then rewrite the memo on another sheet of paper, making all necessary corrections. Type your memo in a word document, then cut and paste your work into the space provided.

1. TO: Michael Moody FROM: Fred Dobbs, Personnel Insurance Coordinator DATE: May 15, 2003 SUBJECT: Medical Leave of Absence

On the basis of information provided by your Physician and at your request, you have been placed on medical leave of absence as of May 30, ’03.

To maintain your leave, Company policy requires additional written statements from your physician at thirty-day-intervals. These statements should be sent directly to the Personnel insurance Coordinator at the downtown office.

Failure to return to work on the date indicated by your physician will be considered a Resignation.

Feel free to contact me, for further information regarding this policy.

In the space provided, rewrite the letter to make it more courteous, concise, and “you-oriented.” Type your letter in a word document, then cut and paste your work into the space provided.

2. Dear Mr. Ross:

With reference to your letter of Thursday last, I can’t answer it because my boss, Ms. Leonard, is out of town. If I gave you any information about the new contact with Hastings Development Corporation, she might not like it.

If Ms. Leonard wants you to have that information, I’ll have her write to you when she returns in two weeks.

Yours truly,

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3. Dateline: July 9, 20- Inside address: The Middle Atlantic Institute of Technology, 3 Some Avenue, Danbury, Connecticut 50202 Attention Line: Attention Dean Claude Monet Salutation: Gentlemen and Ladies Subject Line: Educational Exchange Body: The Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Belgium has advised me to contact you in order to obtain employment assistance. I received my Doctor’s Degree with a “grande distinction” from the University of Brussels and would like to French (my mother tongue), English, Dutch, or German. My special field is English Literature; I wrote my dissertation on James Joyce, but I am also qualified to teach languages to business students. I have been active in the field of applied linguistics for the past two years at the University of Brussels. I look forward to hearing from you. Complimentary Closing: Respectfully yours Signer’s Identification: Jacqueline Brauer Reference Initials: JB:db

4.Prepare a letter of response for the following situation. Type your letter in a word document, then cut and paste your work into the space provided.

1. You have just made a luncheon engagement for your employer Sook Change, and architect with Fulson Contractors. Inc., 123 Main Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301. The appointment is with a prospective client, Justin Michaels, 2 Any Street, Aurora, Colorado 80321. Write a letter to Mr. Michaels to confirm the lunch date, which will take place at Trattoria di Marco, at the corner of Tenth Street and Western Avenue, on April 7 at 1 P.M.

Prepare a claim letter for the following situation. Type your letter in a word document and cut and paste it into the space provided.

5. On October 7, the Kitchen Korner, 2 Any Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55104, placed an order for two dozen poultry shears from the Northridge Cutlery Company, 123 Main Street, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343. It is now November 30, the shears have still not arrived, and there has been no letter from Northridge Cutlery explaining the delay.

Write the letter from Northridge Cutlery answering Kitchen Korner’s claim. Explain the delay as caused by a strike of local truckers. Apologize for failing to notify the customer. Be sure to let the customer know the delivery will be on time.