I need to do this assignment for week 3. The instructions are below. It doesn't require research. It is straight forward but use basic English when you write. Reword everything in basic English.
Business Communication Exercises Business Communications Exercises Exercise 1: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a business communication. Read and analyze the following business communication: As an organization, the North American Personal Motorsports Marketing Association has committed ourselves to helping our members—a diverse group of dealers of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, Snowmobiles, and personal watercraft—achieve their business objectives. Consequently, our organization, which usually goes under t he initials NAPMMA, has the following aims, goals, and objectives. Firstly, we endeavor t o aid and assist our members in reaching their business objectives. Second, NPMMA communicates (“lobbying” in slang terms) with local, state, and national governmental agencies and leaders on issues of importance to our members. And lastly, we educate the motorsports public, that being current motorsports which owners, and prospective owners of said vehicles, on the safe and enjoyable operation of they’re vehicles. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each sentence using the following table as a formatting guide: Sentence Strengths Weaknesses As an organization, the North American Personal Motorsports Marketing Association has committed ourselves to helping our members—a diverse group of dealers of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, Snowmobiles, and personal watercraft— achieve their business objectives. Revise the original paragraph, using the guidelines for effective business communications that you’ve learned in your class. Exercise 2: Rewrite a paragraph to shorten it. In your word processing document, revise the following paragraph to vary the lengths of the sentences and to shorten the paragraph so it looks more inviting to readers: Although major l eague baseball remains popular, more people are - 1 - attending minor league baseball games because they can spend less on admission, snacks, and parking and still enjoy the excitement of American’s pastime. Connecticut, for e xample, has three AA minor l eague teams, including the New Haven Ravens, who are affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals; the Norwich Navigators, who are affiliated with the New York Yankees, and the New Britain Rock Cats, who are affiliated with the Minnesota Twins. These teams play in relatively small stadiums, so fans are close enough to see and hear e verything, from the swing of the bat connecting with the ballot the thud of the ball landing in the outfielder’s glove. Best of all, the cost of family outing to see rising stars play in a local minor league game is just a fraction of what the family would spend to attend a major league game in a much larger, more crowded stadium. Exercise 3: Rewrite a paragraph to use bullets. In the document, revise the following paragraph using a parallel bulleted list and one introductory sentence: Our f orensic accounting services provide the insights needed to resolve disputes, recover losses, and manage risk intelligently. One of our areas of practice is insurance claims accounting and preparation services, designed to help you maximize recovery of insured value. Another practice area is dispute advisory, in which we can assist with discovery, expert witness testimony, and economic analysis. A third practice: construction consulting. This service helps our clients understand why large-scale construction projects fail to meet schedule or budget requirements. Fourth, we offer g eneral investigative and forensic accounting services, including fraud detection and proof of loss analysis. Exercise 4: Rewrite messages. In the document, rewrite the following messages to break the sentences into smaller ones: • The next time you write something, check your average sentence length in a 100-word passage, and if your sentences average more than 16 to 20 words, see whether you can break up some of the sentences. • Don’t do what the village blacksmith did when he instructed his apprentice as follows: “When I take the shoe out of the fire, I’ll lay it on the anvil, and when I nod my head, you hit it with the hammer.” The apprentice did just as he was told, and now he’s the village blacksmith. • Unfortunately, no gadget will produce excellent writing, but using a yardstick like the Fog Index gives me guideposts to follow for making writing easier to read because its two factors remind us to use short sentences and simple words. • Know the flexibility of the written word and its power to convey an idea, and know how to make your words behave so that your readers will understand. • Words mean different things to different people, and a word such as block may mean city bock butcher block, engine block, auction block, or several other things. Exercise 5: Leave out unnecessary words. In the document, revise the phrases to remove unnecessary words. • Consensus of opinion • New innovations • Long period of time • At a price of $50 • Still remains Exercise 6: Rewrite sentences for conciseness. In the document, revise the following sentences using shorter, simpler words: • The antiquated calculator is ineffectual for solving sophisticated problems. • It is imperative that the pay increments be terminated before an inordinate deficit is accumulated. • There was unanimity among the executives that Ms. Jackson’s idiosyncrasies were cause for a mandatory meeting with th ecompany’s personnel director. • The impending liquidation of the company’s assets was cause for jubilation among the company’s competitors. • The expectations of the president for a stock dividend were accentuated by the preponderance of evidence that the company was in good financial condition. Exercise 7: Use infinitives to shorten sentences. In the document, revise the following sentences, using infinitives as substitutes for t he overly long phrases. • For living, I require money. • They did not find sufficient evidence for believing in the future. • Bringing about the destruction of a dream is tragic. Exercise 8: Use fewer words. In the document, revise the following using fewer w ords: • In the near future • In he event that • In order that • For the purpose of • With regard to • It may be that • In very few cases • With reference to • At the present time • There is no doubt that Exercise 9: Use fewer words. In the document, condense the following to as few words as possible: • We are of the conviction that writing is important. • In all probability, we’re likely to have a price increase. • Our goals include making a determination about that in the near future. • When all is said and done in the conclusion of this experiment, I’d like to summarize the final windup. • After a trial period of three weeks, during which time she worked for a total o f15 full working days, we found her work was sufficiently satisfactory so that we offered her full-time work. Exercise 10: Limit modifiers. In the document, remove all unnecessary modifiers from these sentences: • Tremendously high pay increases were given to the extraordinarily skilled and extremely conscientious employees. • The union’s proposals were highly inflationary, extremely demanding, and exceptionally bold. Exercise 11: Remove hedging. In the document, rewrite these sentences so that they no longer contain any hedging: • It would appear that someone apparently entered illegally. • It may be possible that sometime in the near future, the situation is likely to improve. • Your report seems to suggest that we might be losing money. • I believe Nancy apparently has somewhat greater influence over employees in the e-marketing department. • It seems as if this letter of resignation means you might be leaving us. Exercise 12: Eliminate indefinite starters. In the document, rewrite these sentences to remove indefinite starters: • There are several examples here to show that Elaine can’t hold a position very long. •