Question

This is a Business Writing Question:

Common Types of Faulty Sentence Logic:

A. Mixed constructions

B. Incomplete constructions

C. Dangling or misplaced modifiers

D. Faulty parallelism

What common types of faulty sentence logic do the following sentences have?

1. Because the Swift Company has a service-oriented culture is the reason it supports all forms of volunteerism.
4. The meeting room you have reserved has a projector, Internet access, and will enable your attendees to hear the trainer easily.
5. As five-star hotel, our guests'satisfaction is our top priority.
11. We need to know how many will attend, and please indicate their choice of entree.
13. As far as phone-call monitoring, I believe we should try other methods first.

Answer 1

1. With its service-oriented culture, the Swift Company supports all forms of volunteerism. Or, The Swift Company supports all forms of volunteerism because it has a service-oriented culture. : Faulty parallelism

2. The meeting room you have reserved has a projector, Internet access, and has excellent acoustics. : Faulty parallelism

5. Being a five-star Hotel, our Guest satisfaction is our top priority : Dangling or misplaced modifiers

11. We need to know how many will attend and their choice of entree. : Mixed constructions

13. We should look for other methods first before we try phone call monitoring. : Incomplete constructions