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52 lines
1.9 KiB
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EXAMPLES OF UNCLEAR WRITING
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Sentences taken from actual letters received by the Welfare department on
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applications for support.
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1. I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children. I had seven,
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but one died which was baptized on a half sheet of paper.
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2. I am writing the Welfare Department to say that my baby was born two
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years old. When do I get my money?
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3. Mrs. Jones has not had any cloths for a year and has been visited
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regularly by the clergy.
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4. I cannot get sick pay. I have six children. Can you tell me why?
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5. I am glad to report that my husband who is missing is dead.
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6. This is my eight child. What are you going to do about it?
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7. Please find for certain if my husband is dead. The man I am now living
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with can't eat or do anything until he knows.
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8. I am very much annoyed that you have branded my son as illiterate.
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This is a dirty lie, as I was married a week before I had him.
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9. In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a son weighing ten pounds.
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I hope this is satisfactory.
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10. I am forwarding my marriage certificate and my three children; one of
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which is a mistake as you can see.
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11. My husband got his project cut off about two weeks ago, and I haven't
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had any relief since.
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12. Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead
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a immortal life.
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13. You have changed my little boy to a girl. Will this make a difference?
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14. I have no children as yet, and my husband is a truck driver and works
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days and nights.
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15. In accordance to your instructions, I have given birth to twins in the
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enclosed envolope.
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16. I want money as quick as I can get it. I have been ill in bed with the
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doctor for two weeks, but he doesn't seem to do me any good. If things
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don't improve, I will have to send for another doctor.
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