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Mitch Perry3-15-2011LETTER WRITING EXERCISES 13/261. Write appropriate inside addresses (their name and title at the beginning) and salutations (Dear ) toA. a woman who has not specified her marital statusB. an officer in the armed forces,C. a professor at your schoolD. an assistant manger at your local bankE. a member of the clergyF. your congressional representativeA. Dear Miss Steere, Sincerely, Mitch Perry B. Dear Mr. John Miller Thanks for all you do, Mitch PerryC. Dear Mr. Baleja Thanks, Mitch Perry D. Dear Mrs. Jenniffer Jackson Thanks, Mitch PerryE. Dear Reverend Smith Have a good one, Mitch PerryF. Dear Senator Stabenow Thanks for your time, Mitch Perry(What I was looking forMs. Gwen Steere123 Pickle Rd. Alma, MI 48801Dear Ms. Steere:)A. Needed to be Ms.C. Needed to be Dr. or Prof.F. those in congress are addressed as “Congresswoman” or “Congressman” 2/62. Rewrite the following sentences to make them more personal:A. It becomes incumbent on this office to cancel order #2394. We now have to cancel order #2394.B. Management has suggested the curtailment of parking privileges. Management has thought about getting rid of parking privileges. C. ALL USERS OF HYDROPLEX: Desist from ordering replacement valves during the period of Dec. 20-30. Everyone using Hydroplex needs to stop ordering replacement valves between December 20-30th. So far these are okay, but they could be much more personalD. The request for a new catalog has been honored; it will be shipped to same address soon. You will soon be receiving the new catalogs that have been requested.E. Perseverance and attention to detail have made this writer important to the company in-house work.This writers importance to the company in-house work is due to his hard work and attention to detail. F. The Director of Nurses hereby notifies staff that a general meeting will be held Monday afternoon at 3:00 pm sharp. Attendance is mandatory. According to the Director of Nurses, a general meeting will be held Monday afternoon at 3:00 pm. Everyone must attend. G. Reports will be filed by appropriate personnel no later than the scheduled plans allow. The right personnel will file reports by the scheduled time period.I will give you partial credit for these because none of them use terms like “please” or “we apologize” or “we understand”5/73. Revise where sentence is discourteous, boastful, excessively humble, vague, or lacking the “you” attitude.A. Something is obviously wrong in your head office. They have once more sent me the wrong model number. Can they ever get things straight?I was sent the wrong model number. This is not the first time this has happened, is there a problem in your head office? Definitely still to abrupt. Need something like “I have received the wrong model number a few times and am concerned. Please send me the correct model number!”+ 0B. My instructor wants me to do a term paper on safety regulations at a small factory. Since you are the manager of a small factory, send me all the information I need at once. My grade depends heavily on all this.I am doing a term paper on safety regulations. I would really appreciate it you, being the manager of a small factory, could send me some safety information. +1It is apparent that you are in business to rip off the public.Due to some of your recent business moves, it looks like you are trying to take advantage of your customers. Something more like “I would like to continue to do business with you but am concerned about your lack of morals” or something to that effect.+1I have waited for my confirmation for two weeks now. Do you expect me to wait forever or can I get some action?Can I get confirmation soon? It has been two weeks and I really want to hear some news.+1C. It goes without saying that we cannot honor your request.I am sorry but we cannot honor your request.+1D. Your application has been received and will be kept on file for six months. If we are interested in you, we will notify you. If you do not hear from us, please do not write us again. The soaring costs of correspondence and the large number of applicants make the burden of answering pointless letters extremely heavy.We have received your application and will keep it on file for six months. You will hear from us by a certain date if we are interested in hiring you.+1E. My past performance as a medical technologist has left nothing to be desired. I do not have the best experience as a medical technologist and I can no longer find a job.+0 (so far everyone has gotten this one wrong. “left nothing to be desired” means he was perfect!+0F. Credit means a lot to some people. But obviously you do not care about yours. If you did, you would have sent us the $249:95 you rightfully owe us three months ago. Whats wrong with you?You should send us the $249.95 you owe us in order to help your credit. Credit is very importantpaying three months late will hurt your credit score. You should try to pay on time. Need something “softer,” like “Please send payment by 10/22/2011 to avoid being visited by a collector.” +14. Rewrite the following sales letter to make it more effective. Add any details you think are relevant.Dear Pizza Lovers: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rudy Moore and I am the new manager of Tasty Pizza Parlor in town. The Parlor is located at the intersection of North Miller Parkway and 95th Street. We are open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., except on the weekends, when we are open later.I think you will be as happy as I am to learn that Tastys will now offer free delivery to an extended service area. As a result, you can get your Tasty Pizza hot when you want it. Please see your weekly newspapers for our ad. We also are offering customers a coupon. It is a real deal for you.I know you will enjoy Tastys pizza and I hope to see you. I am always interested in hearing from you about our service and our fine product. We want to take your order soon. Please come in.Dear Pizza Lovers:Hello, my name is Rudy Moore. I am the new manager of Tasty Pizza Parlor, located at the intersection of North Miller Parkway and 95th str