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What is your grammar? When writing emails, grammar is important. Being aware of common mistakes, you can avoid them.

In other words, you do not need to know all the rules. (What a relief!) But. . . (You knew that was coming, did you not?), You need to know what you do not know. If you are unsure if something is true, her eyes. Or, ask for help someone who knows.

If you do not have the time to ask for help, here is a small tip. use different terms. To put it differently:

If you can not know how to make a correct sentence, re-word the sentence if it does not contain the item you have trouble with. Please do not tell your English teacher that I made this suggestion!

Yes, it would be nice if the whole country knew proper English. However, the reality is many people have not. The purpose of this paper is to convince you to choose the grammar that you know is correct.

Quiz
Are your grammar good enough? Explore responding the following questionnaire.

Directions: Indicate whether the sentence is correct (C) or incorrect (I).

CI 1. John (lay) on the couch in the office.

IC 2. Peter (planned) the file on the desktop.

CI 3. He (SAT) in front of the computer.

CI 4. (Set) files on my desk when you're done.

CI 5. Customers want (their) demand price now.

CI 6. The customer wants (their) call returned.

CI 7. Wilma was (minus) the appellants on the line.

CI 8. Fred (less) employees.

Solutions

1. Incorrect.
The correct answer is lying.
To find ways to relax.
The verb is intransitive, it does not require an object.
The past is "Secular".

2. Correct.
To secure the means to put or place.
The verb is transitive, it must be an object.
The past is "expected".

3. Correct.
To establish the means to be seated.
The verb is intransitive.
The past is "Sat."

4. Correct.
To define the means to put or place.
The verb is transitive.
The past is "fixed".
(Yes, it is the same as the present. It is, after all, the English grammar. It is not supposed to make sense.)

5. Correct.
The antecedent is plural, which requires a plural pronoun.
In other words, the plural of "customers" requires using a plural pronoun "their".

6. Incorrect.
The antecedent is singular, which requires a singular pronoun.
In other words, the singular form of "customer" needs using a singular pronoun "his".
It can also be written as "sound".

7. Incorrect.
The correct word is "less".
Less is used when you can count the amount (for example, "fewer students" or "fewer hours in the workday," or "fewer grains of corn").
Less is used with an undetermined amount (for example, "less interest" or "Less time" or "less corn").

8. Correct.
Fred can count the number of its employees, so "less" is correct.

Score:

8 = you're perfect. (But you knew that already.) Keep emailing!

6-7 = everything is fine. You can learn some tips from my book, Email Etiquette Made Easy (see link in Resources below).

3-5 = You can use a little help. Link Try my book, Email Etiquette Made Easy (see resources box).

Less than 3 = Ugh! Call me now! We will fix your intensive treatment immediately.

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