Using Passive Voice and Complex Sentences Are Effective Ways to De-Emphasize

question 50

True/False

Using passive voice and complex sentences are effective ways to de-emphasize bad news.

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Definitions:

Economic Costs

The total cost of choosing one action over another, including both explicit (direct monetary costs) and implicit (opportunity costs) factors.

Long-Run Equilibrium

A state in a market where all resources are optimally allocated and economic forces are balanced, with no tendency for change until external conditions change.

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by many sellers and buyers, homogeneous products, and free entry and exit, resulting in price takers.

Economic Profit

The difference between a business's total revenue and its total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.