A Coworker States, "Please Ensure That You Submit All Status

question 6

Multiple Choice

A coworker states, "Please ensure that you submit all status reports two days before the monthly departmental meeting."
-Which of the following paraphrases for the emotional content?

• A) Are you saying that we need to be more careful while creating the reports?
• B) You sound frustrated about people waiting until the last minute to submit their status reports.
• C) You are saying that you'd like us to have our status reports in a couple of days before the date of the monthly meeting.
• D) So you don't want us to hand in our reports earlier than that?
• E) Are you concerned that there won't be time for the supervisor to review the reports before the meeting?

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