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.
-A colleague asks you to read and comment on the first draft of a letter that she is sending to a client. You come to a sentence which reads as follows: Pursuant to the request you indicated in your letter of March 14, I will expedite the mailing of the information forthwith. You suggest that she should revise this sentence. What kind of language has your colleague used?
A)unprofessional
B)conversational
C)pretentious
D)slang

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.
-A colleague asks you to read and comment on the first draft of a letter that she is sending to a client. You come to a sentence which reads as follows: Pursuant to the request you indicated in your letter of March 14, I will expedite the mailing of the information forthwith. You suggest that she should revise this sentence. What kind of language has your colleague used?
A)unprofessional
B)conversational
C)pretentious
D)slang

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The language used in the sentence is pretentious, as it uses complex or formal wording unnecessarily, which can make the message appear insincere or pompous. A simpler and clearer way to express the same idea could be: "As per your request in your letter dated March 14, I will send the information to you quickly."

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