Business & Technical English: Eng201

Spring 2014
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 1
!esson No. 1"#
$%&ecti'es
To assess the stu(ents) kno*le(ge o+ st,listic accurac, an( ke, concepts o+ Business
English
-nstructions
1. The assignments sent after the .ue .ate will not be accepted.
2. The corrupt files will be marked zero.
/. The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
4. 0lagiarism *ill N$T %e tolerate(. 0lagiarism means taking cre(it +or someone else)s
*ork %, presenting it as ,our o*n.
. No marks will be awarded for copied assignments and the case may be referred to the
discipline committee for a suitable action.
1. No assignment *ill %e accepte( through e"mail.
2. The font color should be preferably black and font size should be 12 Times New Roman.
3.1 4ecall ,our kno*le(ge o+ Business an( Technical English ke, concepts an( +ill in the
%lanks *ith the most suita%le option5s. 67
Note: Each gi'en statement has one correct ans*er.
1. hen business messages use a!an ""-""" or "8e""""" attitude# they risk sounding selfish and
uninterested in the audience.
2. hen we a$oid using words and phrases that unfairly or e$en unethically categorize or
stigmatize people in ways related to gender# race# ethnicity# age or disability# this is called %Bias
+ree !anguage""""".
/. """.iscriminator,"""""" language is used to make comparisons in business communication.
4. hen you know your audience would be recepti$e to your message# you use ""(irect""""
approach.
. "E'aluating""""""" means looking at a written message critically to see if re$ising the content
will impro$e it.
3.2 Eliminate re(un(ant 6repeate(7 e9pressions in the +ollo*ing sentences to achie'e
conciseness. 6107
Sr. No. 8or(, Sentence :oncise ;orm
;or
e9ample:
8e colla%orate( together on
the pro&ect.
8e colla%orate( on the pro&ect.
1. This is a brand new inno$ation. This is a brand inno$ation.
2. The other alternati$e is to eat
soup.
The alternati$e is to eat soup
/. The used car will cost the sum
of &1#000.00.
The used car will cost &1#000.00.
4. This en$elope is completely
empty.
This en$elope is empty.
. These two documents are
e'actly identical.
These two documents are
identical.
1. e ha$e closely scrutinized the
document.
e ha$e scrutinized the document.
2. (rogress in all fields of life is
absolutely essential.
(rogress in all fields of life is
essential.
<. )oes my personal opinion
matter*
)oes my opinion matter*
#. +d$ance planning is important
for future success.
,uture planning is important for
success.
10. (lease combine together the
rele$ant information for the
-ournal.
(lease combine the rele$ant
information for the -ournal.