Question

Review all rules in Appendix A about punctuation, number usage, and grammar. Then, rewrite each sentence to make all needed corrections.

A. If you go to just about any company’s website you’ll find many references to corporate social responsibility, or CSR for short.

B. In fact, many companies have dedicate entire sections on they’re websites to CSR. They even publish CSR reports under names such as Giving Back, Sharing the Wealth, and Citizenship Report.

C. The reality, however, is corporate giving to charity are far less than it was twenty years ago.

D. In 1986 the average company donated 2.1% of it’s profits to charity.

E. Now the average company donates around .8% of it’s profits to charity.

F. Some of the most profitable and most well known companies in the technology sector gives less than .5% of its profits.

G. Some companies are extremely generous yet do not give much to local, communities.

H. For example Google gives roughly 8% of its profits to charity.

I. Yet almost none of this money goes to communities in cities near their corporate headquarters.

J. Unless companies can increase charitable giving to these local communities their efforts to promote CSR activities will come across as insincere.

Answer 1

1. If you go to just about any company’s website you’ll find many references to corporate social responsibility, or CSR for short.
2. In fact, many companies have dedicated entire sections on their websites to CSR. They even publish CSR reports under names such as Giving Back, Sharing the Wealth, and Citizenship Report.
3. The reality, however, is corporate giving to charity are far less than it was twenty years ago.
4. In 1986 the average company donated 2.1% of its profits to charity.
5. Now the average company donates around .8% of its profits to charity.
6. Some of the most profitable and most well-known companies in the technology sector gives less than .5% of its profits.
7. Some companies are extremely generous yet do not give much to local, communities.
8. For example, Google gives roughly 8% of its profits to charity.
9. Yet almost none of this money goes to communities in cities near their corporate headquarters.
10. Unless companies can increase charitable giving to these local communities their efforts to promote CSR activities will come across as insincere.