Read the email excerpts below. Each excerpt has one or more mistakes that English language learners make when writing emails. Identify and correct the mistakes. The answers are listed after the activity.
Also see:
Common Mistakes in Emails 1
Common Mistakes in Emails 3: Collocation Errors
Correct the Mistakes
1. I want to inform that our offices will be closed next Thursday in celebration of a national holiday. If you have any question, please let me know.
2. On the behalf of MegaCorp Enterprises, we’d like to welcome you to our team. We hope this is the start of a long-term relation.
3. I have been a satisfied customer since three years. However, I’m writing to express my dissatisfaction for the order we made on March 6.
4. I talked to Stan about the sales quote. He mentioned about wanting a better discount or free shipping on his order. I think we should give him a better discount. Even though we lower the price by another 10%, we’ll still be making a significant profit.
5. Could you please confirm us your participation to the event? We hope to have a list of all the participants during next week at the latest.
6. Please let me to know if you have any questions about the documentations I provided.
7. Rather offering the candidate more money, could we offer her more vacation days?
8. If you have questions, please call me at the office next week. I would be in the office within normal business hours.
9. I am writing in regards the position of Senior Java Developer. I have a lot of experiences with this technology and feel I would be a good fit for the position.
10. I apologize for not responding your mail sooner. I was attending customers all morning and didn’t have time.
11. Thank you for bringing this to my notice. I hope we can quickly solve this issue.
Answers
1. I want to inform you that our offices will be closed next Thursday in celebration of a national holiday. If you have any questions, please let me know.
2. On the behalf of MegaCorp Enterprises, we’d like to welcome you to our team. We hope this is the start of a long-term relationship.
3. I have been a satisfied customer since for three years. However, I’m writing to express my dissatisfaction for with the order we made placed on March 6.
4. I talked to Stan about the sales quote. He mentioned about wanting a better discount or free shipping on his order. I think we should give him a better discount. Even though if we lower the price by another 10%, we’ll still be making a significant profit.
5. Could you please confirm us your participation to the event? We hope to have a list of all the participants during by next week at the latest.
6. Please let me to know if you have any questions about the documentations I provided.
7. Rather than (or Instead of) offering the candidate more money, could we offer her more vacation days?
8. If you have questions, please call me at the office next week. I would will (I’ll) be in the office within during normal business hours.
9. I am writing in regards regarding (or in regard to) the position of Senior Java Developer. I have a lot of experiences with this technology and feel I would be a good fit for the position.
10. I apologize for not responding to your email sooner. I was attending assisting/helping/taking care of/attending to customers all morning and didn’t have time.
11. Thank you for bringing this to my notice attention. I hope we can quickly resolve this issue.
For more error correction exercises, see:
Common Mistakes in Emails 1
Common Mistakes in Emails 3: Collocation Errors
Exercise 1A (beginner)
Exercise 2A (intermediate)
Exercise 2B (intermediate)
Exercise 2C (intermediate)
Exercise 3A (advanced)
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