Chapter 4 Questions ISBN: 978-0357026595 Book: BCOM10: Business Communication, Lehman+Dufrene. Refer to examples and explanations in your chapter for clarity with these corrections. Each question is

Chapter 4 Questions

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ISBN: 978-0357026595 

Book: BCOM10: Business Communication, Lehman+Dufrene.

Refer to examples and explanations in your chapter for clarity with these corrections. Each question is worth 5 points.

Improve readability by breaking these long sentences into several sentences in each passage.

1. The accountant will be arriving on Thursday to perform the audit and will be using the 2nd-floor break room as a work area, meaning that employees should take morning and afternoon breaks in either the courtyard or the 3rd-floor lounge, and employees who use the 2nd-floor break room for lunch should report to the cafeteria at that time. 

2. Several members of our firm will be touring the manufacturing plant in Tokyo during the week of May 16, 2009, and upon return to the United States will present a slide show documenting the trip, followed by a question-and-answer session, both to be held in the banquet hall of the Ashton Hotel in Denver on Friday, May 27. 

Improve readability by revising these sentences to replace difficult words with more simple ones.

3. The supervisor’s deprecatory remarks demoralized the employees.

4. After a meticulous search, the committee has concurred on an epitome location for the convention.

Improve readability by revising these sentences to remove gender bias and cliches or to improve style and tone.

5. Each project manager must complete the appropriate performance evaluation forms before being awarded his raise.

6. Please be advised that the city’s new smoke-free policy is effective on January 1.

7. The grapevine has it that the company shrink is putting together more tests for us to take by the end of the year.

8. You failed to read the disclaimer on our website that clearly indicates that the transmitter you ordered does not work with the older generation, MP3 players. Unfortunately, we cannot honor your request for a refund.

Improve readability by revising and linking these sentences into one simpler sentence.

9. The design team meets every Monday at 9 a.m. They go over plans and goals for the upcoming week. Other departments have similar meetings.

10. Diversity awareness training seems important to some employees. It is very effective in improving communication and understanding. Employees should participate in this training.