People Reading a Business Message Are Most Likely to Be

question 23

Multiple Choice

People reading a business message are most likely to be confused by a sentence that

• A) uses action verbs rather than passive verbs.
• B) uses active voice rather than passive voice.
• C) has parallel structure.
• D) contains redundancies to drive home the point.
• E) does not mention the subject.

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Definitions:

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