The following items may contain errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, abbreviation, number style, word division, and vocabulary. Rewrite each sentence, correcting all errors. If a sentence has no errors, write “Correct” for that number.

1. All too often, whomever leaves the most out of his cost estimate is the one who wins the bid—if you can call it winning.

2. Carol Bartz CEO for fourteen years guided Autodesk; from a small company, to it’s preeminent position in the computer aided design (cad) software market.

3. Shoppers were disinterested in the world-wide Web initially because many hyped services, offered no real cost or convenience advantages over offline stores.

4. Different jobs and different customers call for different pricing, estimating, and negotiating strategies.

5. Get to know the customer and their expectations, get the customer to talk about their primary use for you’re product.

6. To homeowners, who feel they have found a competent contractor who has they’re best interest’s at heart, price will not matter nearly as much.

7. If I was you, I would of avoided investing in large conglomerates in light of the collapse of energy trader, Enron Corp., over accounting irregularities.

8. Outdoor goods retailer REI has had significant, success with in-store kiosks that let customers choose between several types of merchandise.

9. To people in some areas of cyberspace “Advertising” is a four letter word but “Marketing” is perfectly acceptable.

10. In any business effort, making money requires planning. Strategic marketing, a good product, good customer service, considerable shrewdness—and much hard work.

11. Investors must decide weather to put their capitol into bonds or CDs.

12. Running at full capacity, millions of Nike shoes are being produced by manufacturing plants every day.

13. Metropolis’ stationary has a picture of the Empire state building on it.

14. Starbucks are planning to add fruit drinks to their menu in states throughout the south.

15. Credit ratings ain’t what they used to be.