Common English Mistakes in Meeting Minutess by Korean Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Korean speakers from South Korea when writing a Meeting Minutes in English.

Mistake Example #1

Omitting articles ('a', 'an', 'the')

MThe meeting was held on October 15th at 2 PM inthe conference room. Participants included theCEO, project manager, and team leads. AThe agenda focused onthe progress of current projects and theallocation of resources for theupcoming quarter. DA decision was made to increase thebudget forthe marketing campaign and to hire additional staff for thedevelopment team. NThe next meetingis scheduled for November 20th atthe same location.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed some tweaking to add missing articles ("the," "an," etc.), among other fixes."

The meeting was held on October 15 at 2 PM in the conference room. Participants included the CEO, project manager, and team leads. The agenda focused on the progress of current projects and the allocation of resources for the upcoming quarter. A decision was made to increase the budget for the marketing campaign and to hire additional staff for the development team. The next meeting is scheduled for November 20 at the same location.

Meeting was held on October 15th at 2 PM in conference room. Participants included CEO, project manager, and team leads. Agenda focused on progress of current projects and allocation of resources for upcoming quarter. Decision was made to increase budget for marketing campaign and to hire additional staff for development team. Next meeting scheduled for November 20th at same location.

Mistake Example #2

Incorrect word order in complex sentences

Meeting Minutes: On 15thOctober15th, the team discussed the new marketing strategy, which we decided to implement next quarter. The presentation, John prepared, was very informative and helped us understand betterthe market trendsbetter. It was agreed that the budget, which we need to finalize by theend ofthe month, should be reviewed again.

Text corrected by:
Vince, United States

"Your ideas were clear :) I just made a few small changes to improve the flow and eliminate errors. "

Meeting Minutes: On October 15th, the team discussed the new marketing strategy, which we decided to implement next quarter. The presentation John prepared was very informative and helped us understand the market trends better. It was agreed that the budget, which we need to finalize by the end of the month, should be reviewed again.

Meeting Minutes: On 15th October, the team discussed the new marketing strategy, which we decided to implement next quarter. The presentation, John prepared, was very informative and helped us understand better the market trends. It was agreed that the budget, we need to finalize by end of month, should be reviewed again.

Mistake Example #3

Confusion with prepositions ('in', 'on', 'at')

Meeting Minutes: OIn the meeting held ion3rd October3rd, we discussed the progress of the new marketing strategy. The team agreed that the campaign should launch at the beginning of November, and we will have another review meeting in two weeks. Please ensure that all feedback is submitted onat the end of this week to incorporate anychanges.

Text corrected by:
Michele A., Boston, Massachusetts; United States

"I just replaced a word or two to make the English sound more natural. Overall, the ideas in this text are clearly expressed."

Meeting Minutes: In the meeting held on October 3rd, we discussed the progress of the new marketing strategy. The team agreed that the campaign should launch at the beginning of November, and we will have another review meeting in two weeks. Please ensure that all feedback is submitted at the end of this week to incorporate any changes.

Meeting Minutes: On the meeting held in 3rd October, we discussed the progress of the new marketing strategy. The team agreed that the campaign should launch at the beginning of November, and we will have another review meeting in two weeks. Please ensure that all feedback is submitted on the end of this week to incorporate changes.