3. A. It was agreed upon by the editorial
department that Maria would lead all meetings
with the design team for the purpose of
avoiding a “too many cooks spoil the broth”
situation.
B. In order to avoid confusion, the editorial
department delegated Maria to lead all
meetings with the design team.
4. A. The CEO has been informed by your
supervisor that you are not on board with the
spending plans that have been made for the
company's upcoming fiscal year.
B. Your supervisor informed the CEO that you
do not support the company's spending plans
for the upcoming fiscal year.
5. A. We have been referring to this
policy.
B. This is the policy to which we
have been referring.
6. A. The board members have seriously discussed
increasing vacation time from two weeks to three for
employees who have been with the company for
three years.
B. It has been discussed at great length by the board
members that vacation time be increased from two
weeks to three for employees who have been with
the company for three years.
10. Sometimes, the words we use
when we speak aren’t effective
when we use them in writing.
11. Manny,
Got your note today. Thought I’d
get right back to you. Keep you
from getting in a tizzy about this
whole moving thing. It’s still kinda
early to pack stuff for the move
cause the new building isn’t even
done yet. Might as well wait til it is.
12. Seems like Jack has been chosen by
the top dogs to head up the entire
moving process with all its various
aspects. Due to the fact that he
hasn’t started doing a thing yet,
there’s no sense in the rest of us
getting panicky about it. Don’t
freak out; it’ll get done!
15. Whenever I'd visited there before,
I'd ended up feeling that it would
be futile if I tried to do anything
more.
Every visit had left me with a
sense of the futility of further
action on my part.
16. The cities in Switzerland had once
been peaceful, but they changed
when people became violent.
Violence had changed the once
peaceful Swiss cities.
17. Because the technology has
improved its less risky than it used
to be when you install them at the
same time, and it doesn't cost so
much either.
Improvements in technology have
reduced the risks and high costs
associated with simultaneous
installation.
18. The people in the colony rejoiced
when it was promised that things
would change in this way.
The people in the colony welcomed
the promised change with
enthusiasm.
19.
20. CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER
• colloquial, colloquialism—an informal word
or phrase used in conversation, but not
appropriate for business communication or
other formal writing
• active voice—a sentence in which the
subject is performing the action of the verb
• passive voice—a sentence in which the
subject receives the action of the verb.
Editor's Notes
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. is the better choice because it is written in the active voice, and is less wordy and col- loquial.
