According to Your Text, Where Is the Most Appropriate Place

question 24

Multiple Choice

According to your text, where is the most appropriate place for the following sentence in a message refusing a request? Although I am busy on January 16, I would be pleased to speak to your International Business class if we can arrange a date that works with your schedule and mine.

• A)in the buffer, so that the reader develops the proper mindset before reading the bad news
• B)as part of the transition that leads to the explanation
• C)after delivering the bad news but before the closing
• D)in the closing

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