You work as a buyer for Sport Chek at its head office in Toronto. The regional manager, your boss, has asked you to collaborate with Hans, a co-worker in Sport Chek’s Winnipeg office, to write a report comparing the costs, retail prices, features, customer reviews, sales histories, and other data of the various bicycles that Sport Chek sells. You and Hans agree to work on different sections of the report and then combine the two sections. Hans agrees to get his portion to you a week before the manager has asked for the completed report.
-Which of the following, according to your text, will likely improve the clarity and tone of a message?
A)using lots of adverbs
B)using positive rather than negative language
C)incorporating the latest slang into your message
D)including words that will impress your reader, such as hereinafter and theretofore

Question

You work as a buyer for Sport Chek at its head office in Toronto. The regional manager, your boss, has asked you to collaborate with Hans, a co-worker in Sport Chek’s Winnipeg office, to write a report comparing the costs, retail prices, features, customer reviews, sales histories, and other data of the various bicycles that Sport Chek sells. You and Hans agree to work on different sections of the report and then  combine the two sections. Hans agrees to get his portion to you a week before the manager has asked for the completed report.
-Which of the following, according to your text, will likely improve the clarity and tone of a message?
A)using lots of adverbs
B)using positive rather than negative language
C)incorporating the latest slang into your message
D)including words that will impress your reader, such as hereinafter and theretofore

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Using positive language instead of negative language will improve the clarity and tone of a message. This means framing messages in a way that emphasizes what can be done, rather than what cannot be done, or offering solutions instead of only pointing out problems.

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