Business & Technical English: Eng201

Spring 2014 Assignment No. 01Total Marks: 15Lesson No. 1-9

Objectives

To assess the students’ knowledge of stylistic accuracy and key concepts of Business English

Instructions

1. The assignments sent after the Due Date will not be accepted. 2. The corrupt files will be marked zero.3. The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.4. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarism means taking credit for someone else’s

work by presenting it as your own.5. No marks will be awarded for copied assignments and the case may be referred to the

discipline committee for a suitable action.6. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail. 7. The font color should be preferably black and font size should be 12 Times New Roman.

Q.1 Recall your knowledge of Business and Technical English key concepts and fill in the blanks with the most suitable option/s. (5)

Note: Each given statement has one correct answer.

1. When business messages use a/an --I--- or -We----- attitude, they risk sounding selfish and uninterested in the audience.

2. When we avoid using words and phrases that unfairly or even unethically categorize or stigmatize people in ways related to gender, race, ethnicity, age or disability, this is called –Bias free Language-----.

3. ---Discriminatory------ language is used to make comparisons in business communication.

4. When you know your audience would be receptive to your message, you use --direct---- approach.

5. -Evaluating------- means looking at a written message critically to see if revising the content will improve it.

Q.2 Eliminate redundant (repeated) expressions in the following sentences to achieve conciseness. (10)

Sr. No. Wordy Sentence Concise Form

For example:

We collaborated together on the project.

We collaborated on the project.

1. This is a brand new innovation. This is a brand innovation.

2. The other alternative is to eat soup.

The alternative is to eat soup

3. The used car will cost the sum of $1,000.00.

The used car will cost $1,000.00.

4. This envelope is completely empty.

This envelope is empty.

5. These two documents are exactly identical.

These two documents are identical.

6. We have closely scrutinized the document.

We have scrutinized the document.

7. Progress in all fields of life is absolutely essential.

Progress in all fields of life is essential.

8. Does my personal opinion matter?

Does my opinion matter?

9. Advance planning is important for future success.

Future planning is important for success.

10. Please combine together the relevant information for the journal.

Please combine the relevant information for the journal.