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		<title>By: Hipnerd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#039;m limiting myself to grammar and spelling, per the request. So no advice on content or wording.

&quot;Dear Ms. Smith,&quot; 

- Style rules for business correspondence say follow salutations with a colon, not a comma; e.g. &quot;Dear Ms. Smith:&quot;

You need a line break after &quot;Dear Ms. Smith:&quot; .

&quot;I was very impressed to learn that your organizations has expanded your grantees in South East and Central Asia Regions.&quot;

&quot;Organization&quot; should be singular to have subject/verb agreement. (Organization has / organizations have)

&quot;Expanded your grantees&quot;? Unless the grantees themselves got bigger, you probably mean to say that they have &quot;expanded their reach to help more grantees in South Asia&quot; or something along those lines.

&quot;I am excited for the possibility...&quot;

Replace &quot;for&quot; with &quot;about&quot;.

&quot;As I indicated, my passsion, academic background, and work experiences from Bowie State University and the Royal Thai Embassy &quot;

&quot;Passion&quot; is spelled wrong.

Remove the comma before &quot;and.&quot; 

I&#039;d say &quot;Work experiences at&quot; rather than &quot;work experiences for.&quot;

&quot;If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by phone at or e-mail&quot;

You need a comma after &quot;questions.&quot;

Remove &quot;at&quot; after phone.

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<p>I&#8217;m limiting myself to grammar and spelling, per the request. So no advice on content or wording.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dear Ms. Smith,&#8221; </p>
<p>- Style rules for business correspondence say follow salutations with a colon, not a comma; e.g. &#8220;Dear Ms. Smith:&#8221;</p>
<p>You need a line break after &#8220;Dear Ms. Smith:&#8221; .</p>
<p>&#8220;I was very impressed to learn that your organizations has expanded your grantees in South East and Central Asia Regions.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Organization&#8221; should be singular to have subject/verb agreement. (Organization has / organizations have)</p>
<p>&#8220;Expanded your grantees&#8221;? Unless the grantees themselves got bigger, you probably mean to say that they have &#8220;expanded their reach to help more grantees in South Asia&#8221; or something along those lines.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am excited for the possibility&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Replace &#8220;for&#8221; with &#8220;about&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;As I indicated, my passsion, academic background, and work experiences from Bowie State University and the Royal Thai Embassy &#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Passion&#8221; is spelled wrong.</p>
<p>Remove the comma before &#8220;and.&#8221; </p>
<p>I&#8217;d say &#8220;Work experiences at&#8221; rather than &#8220;work experiences for.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by phone at or e-mail&#8221;</p>
<p>You need a comma after &#8220;questions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Remove &#8220;at&#8221; after phone.</p>
<p>You need a line break before &#8220;Respectfully yours,&#8221; .</p>
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		<title>By: GoesBananas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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possibility spelled wrong
passion spelled wrong
Suggestions for change:
Consider a way to restate &quot;expanded your grantees&quot;
Change &quot;my&quot; to &quot;the&quot; before interpersonal</description>
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<p>possibility spelled wrong<br />
passion spelled wrong<br />
Suggestions for change:<br />
Consider a way to restate &#8220;expanded your grantees&#8221;<br />
Change &#8220;my&#8221; to &#8220;the&#8221; before interpersonal</p>
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		<title>By: terlynn_1370</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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As the previous poster said, take out &quot;at&quot; in the last paragraph after &quot;phone&quot;.  Personally, in the first sentence I would use &quot;speak&quot; instead of &quot;talk&quot; (just my preference).  Also, in the second paragraph yo need to have &quot;organization has&quot; or organizations have&quot;.  The last sentence I would either do &quot;Thank you very much for....&quot;, or &quot;Thank you, again, for...&quot;, or even &quot;Once again, thank you very much for....&quot;.</description>
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<p>As the previous poster said, take out &#8220;at&#8221; in the last paragraph after &#8220;phone&#8221;.  Personally, in the first sentence I would use &#8220;speak&#8221; instead of &#8220;talk&#8221; (just my preference).  Also, in the second paragraph yo need to have &#8220;organization has&#8221; or organizations have&#8221;.  The last sentence I would either do &#8220;Thank you very much for&#8230;.&#8221;, or &#8220;Thank you, again, for&#8230;&#8221;, or even &#8220;Once again, thank you very much for&#8230;.&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Loren S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Loren S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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I agree with chicklit with two additional items:

1) Dear Ms Smith:

2) If you are planning on mailing (most professional way) you need to include your email address.</description>
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<p>I agree with chicklit with two additional items:</p>
<p>1) Dear Ms Smith:</p>
<p>2) If you are planning on mailing (most professional way) you need to include your email address.</p>
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		<title>By: cobee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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2nd paragraph: either &quot;organization has&quot; or &quot;organizations have&quot;

Later that paragraph, it might sound better if you say &quot;the interpersonal&quot; rather than &quot;my interpersonal.&quot;

Third paragraph: Add a comma after &quot;if you have any questions,&quot; and check the wording about  phone and e-mail.

Other than that, it looks good! Good luck!</description>
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<p>2nd paragraph: either &#8220;organization has&#8221; or &#8220;organizations have&#8221;</p>
<p>Later that paragraph, it might sound better if you say &#8220;the interpersonal&#8221; rather than &#8220;my interpersonal.&#8221;</p>
<p>Third paragraph: Add a comma after &#8220;if you have any questions,&#8221; and check the wording about  phone and e-mail.</p>
<p>Other than that, it looks good! Good luck!</p>
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