A well written letter can make a significant difference on how people perceive you or rate your business. However, it is not always easy to distinguish between nouns and pro-nouns, adjectives and adverbs, metaphors and similies, not to mention common spelling mistakes!
By providing this writing service, we can alleviate your frustration in deciding on the correct use of English for that all important letter or document.
Read the following letter to see how many errors you can identify:
‘Dear Mr Matthews,
We write to formaly advice you that you’re legal bill is now overdue. In accordance with the firms policy, were giving you 14 days to settle the amount due. If we don’t recive a payment by 2 December, we’ll take legal action against yourself which could result in high costs including interest acruing daily at 2 percent.
If there’s anything in this letter that is unclear and you require further clarity, then pease do not hesitate to contact myself at the above address. In the interim, we forward to hearing from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Toplaw Consultancy Limited’
You should have identified 17 errors in the letter above.
This is the way the letter should have been drafted:
We write to formally advise you that your legal bill is now overdue. If we do not receive a payment by 2 December 2024, we will take legal action against you which could result in higher costs including interest accruing daily at 2 per cent.
If there is anything in this letter that is unclear and you require further clarity, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
In the interim, we look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Toplaw Consultancy Limited’