CCC Business Writing Style Questions

QUESTION ONE: Audience Benefits, Conversational but Professional, Positive and Courteous Expressions, Bias-Free Language. Plain Language and Familiar Words, and Precise, Vigorous Words. There will be a total of 6 sentences, only re-writing the first one from each section. It’s not necessary to include the original text, otherwise VeriCite will mark it as plagiarism. It is important that you write in your own words rather than copy and paste from homework help sites as this will impact your VeriCite plagiarism %. Any submission more than 15% will not be acceptable. It needs to be re-written until it meets the standard.

You must use Word or RTF format, not .jpeg or PDF which doesn’t allow for comments to be inserted.

AUDIENCE BENEFITS

16. We have prepared the enclosed form that may be used by victims to report identity theft to creditors.

CONVERSATIONAL BUT PROFESSIONAL

24. Per your recent e-mail, the undersigned takes pride in informing you that we are pleased to be able to participate in the Toys for Tots drive.

POSITIVE AND COURTEOUS EXPRESSIONS

30. Employees are not allowed to use instant messaging until a company policy is established.

BIAS-FREE LANGUAGE

36. Every employee must wear his photo identification on the job.

PLAIN LANGUAGE AND FAMILIAR WORDS

42. The salary we are offering is commensurate with remuneration for other managers.

PRECISE, VIGOROUS WORDS

48. From the choices in parentheses ( ), select the most precise, vigorous words while re-writing the sentence:

The operations manager demanded a (substantial, 20 percent, big) reduction in staff travel expenditures.

Prepare an error-free document, numbering each re-written expression. Include your name & assignment on the top of your document. Spell and grammar check before uploading. Save As: WIE Ch2 XX (XX=your initials)

QUESTION TWO:

Revise the following paragraph in no more than five (5) sentences: your re-write shouldn’t be longer than the original copy shown below. Correct any grammar errors such as pronouns, parallelism, wordiness, misplaced/dangling modifiers and misspellings. Add a topic sentence and improve the organization. Add transitional expressions, if appropriate. Please compose in Word and upload as an attachment.

You may be interested in applying for a new position within the company. The Human Resources (HR) Department has a number of jobs available immediately The positions are at a high level. Current employees may apply immediatley for open positions in production, for some in marketing, and jobs in administrative support are also availbale. To make application, these positions require immediate action. Come to HR Dept. We have a list showing the open positions, what the qualifications are and job descriptions are shown. Many of the jobs are now open. That’s why we are sending this now. To be hired, an interveiw must be scheduled within the next two weeks.