Thursday, September 25, 2008

PLAIN ENGLISH, Sept, 25th, 2009

span style="font-style:italic;">Writing clear, direct English is particularly important in a business context. Please rewrite the following item; there are many different but correct ways of doing this.

Having had a number of years of extensive experience as the principal and only aide to the CEO of the company where I am currently employed, I have every reason to believe that the position that was advertized just last week with your company, is one that could be filled by me with complete satisfaction.

Hint: Check Chapter 9 of Barron's Business English, and avoid using the passive voice and other wordy construction!

2 comments:

Ying Meng said...

Having extensive experience as the principal and the aide to the CEO of my current employer, I strongly believe that I am qualified for the position advertised last week with your company.

Veronica Baig said...

Ying: Some excellent changes.