Using Idioms in Documents for an International Audience Is ________

question 13

Multiple Choice

Using idioms in documents for an international audience is ________.

• A) advisable, because it helps the readers learn a bit of the writer's culture, which will smooth out future interactions
• B) advisable, because it will make the readers feel that the writer trusts their intercultural experience
• C) unadvisable, because those who didn't grow up in the writer's culture might not understand the idioms' meanings
• D) unadvisable, because idioms are informal expressions, and there is no room for informality in technical writing

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Definitions:

Storage Failure

A failure in the ability to retain information over time, typically referring to long-term memory loss.

State-dependent Memory

The phenomenon that information learned in a specific mental or emotional state is more easily recalled when in that same state.

Memory Construction

The process by which the brain pieces together bits of information to create or reconstruct memories.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the retrieval of newer memories.