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Chapter 04
1. To communicate clearly, you must use words that your readers are familiar with.
True False
True False
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3. "We take pride in our work." This sentence uses a slang word.
True False
4. The use of specialized language can signal to other specialists that you are qualified to
communicate on their level.
True False
5. "The majority of our customers are satisfied with our products." This sentence uses abstract
words.
True False
True False
7. Overuse of the verb "to be" and passive voice can sap the energy from your sentences.
True False
8. "The students of the seventh grade scored well in their math test." This is an example of a
discriminatory sentence.
True False
9. A see-saw sentence is one that goes back and forth between two points.
True False
True False
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11. Redundancies usually increase the effectiveness of business messages.
True False
12. The following sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause:
Since the question was tough, I had trouble answering it.
True False
True False
True False
15. It is mandatory for every paragraph in a business report to have a topic sentence.
True False
16. The use of rubber stamps in business messages signals that you have quit thinking about the
reader's actual situation.
True False
17. The we-viewpoint is more effective in building goodwill than the you-viewpoint.
True False
18. Since positive words are the most effective for achieving desired effects, negative words
should not be used in business messages.
True False
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19. You must be honest about your feelings and blame the reader when resolving a problem
concerning him or her.
True False
20. Because the center parts of a message receive major attention, this part carries more
emphasis than the other parts.
True False
21. Which of the following sentences is the best example of the use of familiar words?
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23. Which of the following is true about cliches?
A. signal to other specialists that you are qualified to communicate on their level
B. create problems in cross-cultural communication
C. represent unpopular concepts
D. are short in length
E. are familiar to most people
25. Which of the following sentences does NOT use slang or a cliche?
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Et pulli mei non desinunt lamentari ob adversitatem omni die
splendente,
Quando pius noctu vocat dominum, vacant eum redundantibus
lacrimis.
O qui nutris corvum in nido suo, sanasque os fractum et denuo
ruptum,
Destina nobis, o Deus, hominem, cujus existimatio a vituperii
spurcitie munda est et lota,
Qui famis ignem nobis extinguat mixtura lactis acidi aut
debutyrati!
Quisquamne vero liberet eos ab opprimente malo, mererique velit
gratias longas latasque?
Per illum, quem demissae adorant antiae[20], die, ubi facies
apparebunt nigrae et candidae!
Hi nisi essent, non detegerem genam, nec converterer ad
pangendum carmen.
1. ↑ Supremum locum.
2. ↑ Centro.
3. ↑ Iumenta.
4. ↑ Beneficia.
5. ↑ Adjutores.
6. ↑ Sociorum.
7. ↑ Inversus est status.
8. ↑ Qui visitaret.
9. ↑ Protector.
10. ↑ Nummus.
11. ↑ Desiderata est quies.
12. ↑ Ignem non emisit igniarium.
13. ↑ Potentia.
14. ↑ Discesserunt comites.
15. ↑ Neque juvencus camelus, neque vetustus.
16. ↑ Nummus aureus.
17. ↑ Barbarus, cui tribuuntur caesii oculi.
18. ↑ Anima.
19. ↑ Versus.
20. ↑ Eminentiores homines.
XIV
Mekkensis.
1. ↑ Beneficia.
2. ↑ Contentum erit.
XV
Haereditarius.
XVI
Maurus.
1. ↑ Palindroma intendit, idem sonantia, si singulae litterae a fine versus initium leguntur, ac
si leguntur ordine recto, ut in vocibus: Anna, Otto, et versu: Signa te, signa, temere me
tangis et angis. Arabes eas tantum respiciunt hic litteras, quae consonantium valorem
habent.
2. ↑ Reliquos quatuor versus latinis litteris exprimere omittendum rati sumus.
3. ↑ Impeditissimae linguae vir.
XVII
Cancrinus.
His effatis abiit trahens axillas jactansque manus. Nos vero modo
oculis eum persequebamur, modo ei incidere contendebamus. Tum vero
non morati sumus, quominus solveremus considendi nexus, et
dispergeremur ut deliciae Sabaeae[19].
↑Sententiis istis retrogrado ordine legendis partim idem, partim alius sensus, semper
commodus, prodit. Non injucundum fuerit, verba arabica inversa quid latine exprimant,
appositum videre. Habeas itaque.
1. ↑ Consilia sunt penes ingenuos;
2. ↑ fidei natura praestans dispellit injustitiam;
3. ↑ turpis fama extendit dedecus;
4. ↑ metus periculorum cavet malos exitus;
5. ↑ cernuntur stulti societate prudentium;
6. ↑ amici probantur propulsione inimicorum;
7. ↑ lenitur tristitia allevantibus eam fratribus;
8. ↑ fides cognoscitur dum boni mores servantur;
9. ↑ servorum decus visitatione dominorum[13];
10. ↑ sincerum pacta servandi studium sufficit pro circumspectione;
11. ↑ oportet laborem exspectatae attemperare laudi;
12. ↑ victoriam mereri fructus est patientiae;
13. ↑ terroribus innotescunt rerum status;
14. ↑ deficiente prudente administratione inutilis fit legatus;
15. ↑ crescentibus pretiis apparent differentiae animorum;
16. ↑ quando de excellentia contendunt viri, ipsi terrores de excellentia videntur
contendere;
17. ↑ necessitate urgente irrita est contumacia;
18. ↑ cum dominatu conjuncta castigatio regiminis;
19. ↑ summum sapientiae enucleare cogitationes;
20. ↑ multum sperare prohibet ab agendo;
21. ↑ magna dignitas comparatur officiis praestandis[14];
22. ↑ honor animorum in adeundis periculis;
23. ↑ elatio gradus auget[15] suspiciones;
24. ↑ evitare inobsequentiam gignit officiorum exsecutionem;
25. ↑ pia officia oblivisci perdit mores;
26. ↑ migrare fines hebetat aciem;
27. ↑ transgredi extremum idem est, ac penitus sese in errorem immergere;
28. ↑ adducit petita largitio munerum;
29. ↑ merces munerum est profusio laudum;
30. ↑ praemium delatorum odium amicorum;
31. ↑ decus pectoris amplitudo ejus[16];
32. ↑ commodus status praestans efficit auxilium;
33. ↑ certa notitia acquirendorum praemiorum officia leviora efficit;
34. ↑ rogatio pretium est beneficii;
35. ↑ munera proficientia facere prodit bonam mentem;
36. ↑ sincera amicitia lapsus abolet[17];
37. ↑ exagitare male facta pessimum est flagitium;
38. ↑ quaerere salutem est habena prudentiae;
39. ↑ persistere abstinentem removet cupidinem;
40. ↑ mali mores dedecorant homines;
41. ↑ taedium animorum perniciem affert caritati;
42. ↑ rete cordium est incantatio loquelae;
43. ↑ diserta lingua ornamentum narrationum;
44. ↑ sincera adhortatio postulat amicitiam;
45. ↑ vinculum amicitiae flagitat comitatem;
46. ↑ hilaritate uti est signum liberalitatis;
47. ↑ initium felicitatis promereri gratiam;
48. ↑ acquirere laudes ingenuo, quod (avaro) recondere divitias;
49. ↑ mos prompti[18] egregia perpetrare;
50. ↑ multa et perfecta beneficia praestare ipsum hominis beneficium est.
1. ↑ Cfr. Cons. V. De se ipso Sachban dixisse fertur: Prima modo fecerim verba, Jamanenses
intelligunt, me corum esse oratorem.
2. ↑ A. v. aut verficatum (impletum) esset super eis verbum silentii.
3. ↑ Vel: optima est doni pars.
4. ↑ D.S. Scholl. explicant: donum servare a reprobatione.
5. ↑ Vel: facilitat remunerationem.
6. ↑ Potest tamen etiam verti: amplitudo regni.
7. ↑ Vox, quam verti amicorum fidorum, notat quoquo pastores, principes; odium explicari
potest subjective et objective; hinc variae dari possunt commatis hujus interpretationes.
8. ↑ Vel: castigare, parum et integrum facere.
9. ↑ Vel: litigando amittuntur necessaria.
10. ↑ Vel: meretur quisque laudem prouti laborat.
11. ↑ Vel: amicitiae dominorum visitatione servorum. E sententia Ibnu’lsakati haec
explicanda sunt e more magnatum Orientalium, servos suos mittendi ad sui similes, ut
eos salutent et de habitu interrogent, quae res ad amorem inter propinquos et remotos
firmandum faciat.
12. ↑ D. S. Scholl. dicunt, sic Arabes compellare solere, ubi scire velint, sitne quis vere is,
quem eum esse putant.
13. ↑ Vel: re versa.
14. ↑ A. v. consensu cum divinis decretis. Non minus recte explicatur ut supra: ope fatorum.
15. ↑ Vel: aufert.
16. ↑ Vel: liberalitas, simplicitas, ejus.
17. ↑ Vel: damnat, rejicit.
18. ↑ Vel: natura, character, generosi
19. ↑ Dispergi at deliciae Sabaeae significat: plane dispergi. Sabaei enim, postquam
amplissima fortuna gavisi erant, raptis aggeribus hac privati et ex Arabia felice in
varias regione pulsi sunt.
XVIII
Singarensis.