Peter and me are needing knowing to who
to address the letter before its written in it's envelope and than being posted
by us too the company in the states.
1. Pronoun confusion:
"Peter" is the subject of the
verb "are needing" -- and so is the pronoun, which should therefore be "I" rather than "me".
2. Verb tense:
For something that is
generally true and not specifically ongoing, use the simple present
tense ("need") instead of the present progressive ("are needing").
3. Relative Pronoun confusion:
"Who" is the subject
pronoun, but in this case we need the object pronoun, which is "whom".
4. Apostrophe confusion:
In this sentence, "it's" is meant to be possessive. And this is normally how we signal the possessive: by adding an apostrophe s. For example, the possessive form of "envelope" is "envelope's". "It", however, is a special case. By adding an apostrophe s, we are indicating that the word is a contraction of "it is". If we want the possessive form, we just add the s: "its".
5. Word confusion:
Be careful not to confuse "than" with "then". "Than" is used in comparisons; "then" is used to order events in time.
Also, be careful not to confuse "to" (a preposition) with "too" (an adverb).
6. Verb form:
"Being posted" is the progressive form of the verb. This is easily confused with Here, however, here the passive voice can be confusing as the
word is “been”; they sound very similar.
7. Capitalization:
Whether we say "the United States"
8. Passive voice:
As a rule, it is better to use the active voice as it usually makes the the meaning clearer. Instead of saying "it's written", we should say "we write"; and instead of "posted by us", we should say "we post".
9. Preposition:
We write the address "on" an the envelope, not "in" it.
Possible solution:
Peter and I need to know to whom to address the letter before we write on its envelope and post it to the company in the States.
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