Effective Writing 10th Edition by Claire May,Gordon May

Exercise 5

The following sentences are abstract or vague. Revise them, using facts, details, or examples to make them more concrete. You may need to replace one vague sentence with several concrete sentences, or even a short paragraph. Alternatively, you could introduce a short paragraph with an abstraction and then develop the idea with more concrete, specific sentences. Feel free to invent details that make the ideas more specific.
1. This will be difficult to implement.
2. The financial statements surprised investors.
3. The new legal action is encouraging.
4. Accounting for leases is tricky.
5. Investors were interested in the president's report.
6. The firm sold the asset for its cost. [Hint: What cost?]
7. Morale is a problem.
8. The audit did not satisfy me.
9. I've discovered a shocking thing about our pension plan.
10. Communication is important.