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i corrected the letter but i do not think i covered 30 errors please help

From: Caroline Metcalf, J. Crew <customerservices@jcrew.com>

To: Melinda Jackson <mjackson@yahoo.com>

Cc:

Subject: Our Goof, Your Gain!

Dear J. Crew Web Shopper:

At J. Crew we take pride in offering fashionable clothes at affordable prices. Recently at our Web site you ordered a sensational zip turtle neck cashmere sweater. This was offered at the amazing price of $18.

To ensure accurate pricing, we double-check all copy material before it posted to our Web site. Occasionally, though, we miss a typo. In the case of this cashmere sweater, that $18 price blew right bye our proof readers. Although this stunning turtle neck should have been list at $218. Because of our error we would like to offer you this sweater for only $118 ($130 for larger sizes. If you check our current Web listings, you will see that this sweater is now currently ofered for $218.

The eighteen dollar sweater has been removed from your recent order, but you may reorder it for $118 (or $130) at this special Web address: www.jcrew.special.html. Only those J. Crew customer affected by the Web price error are being invited to purchase this sweater at this reduced price. Our big goof becomes your big bargain!

You can be sure we’ll re-double our proof-reading efforts for all future Web catalog item. Check out the latest must-have cloths for spring that include handsome seersucker, eyelet inspired by an antique lace pattern, and authentic Irish linens. Now is the time to snatch the things you love as the days grow warmer. Thanks for shopping J. Crew. Where you always catch terrific bargains!

Sincerely,

Caroline Metcalf, Manager

Customer Services

J. Crew

CMedcalf@jcrew.com

please help

Conan · Accepted Answer

While wiktionary.com accepts "turtle neck" and "turtle-neck," Merriam-Webster's dictionary site only accepts "turtleneck."  Merriam-Webster is a much more authoritative source, as they have been in the dictionary business for generations.

The word "bye" in "blew right bye" should be "by" instead.

Two words later in the same sentence, "proof readers" should be "proofreaders."

"should have been list" should be "should have been listed"

There's a right parenthesis missing between "larger sizes" and the period after it.

"The eighteen dollar sweater" should be hyphenated as "The eighteen-dollar sweater" because "eighteen dollar" is a noun phrase being used as an adjective.

"Only those J. Crew customer" should be "Only those J. Crew customers" -- you can't use "those" with a singular noun.

"re-double" should be "redouble"
"proof-reading" should be "proofreading"
"all Web catalog item" should be "all Web catalog items" (for the same reason we changed "customer" to "customers")
"must-have cloths" should be "must-have clothes" -- J. Crew sells clothing, not scraps of fabric.
"eyelet inspired by an antique lace pattern"
"Where you always catch terrific bargains!" is a fragment.
Change "J. Crew.  Where you always catch" to "J. Crew, where you always catch"



Edit: I missed the word "ofered" above, and someone else noticed it.  This reinforces the old adage that before you send out a written communication, it should be read by at least 5 people who didn't write it.

Shining · Answer

Umm...all I could find was "bye" change that to "by" in the second paragraph.

Anonymous · Answer

I believe cloths is spelled wrong in the last paragraph second sentence. It should be spelled C-L-O-T-H-E-S.

Anonymous · Answer

"ofered" is spelt with two f's

cobrastarship&lt;3&lt;3 · Answer

blew right by*, J. Crew customers*  other than that. idk

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