Module 1 — Effective
writing: Strategies
and principles
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Activity 16: Eliminating padding
Take the following sentences and rewrite them simply:
Sentence 1 |
It is noteworthy that a partnership mode of working became the modus operandi of the initiative at the national, provincial, and community levels. |
Your sentence: |
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We note that working in partnership on the initiative has become common at the national, provincial, and community level. |
Sentence 2 |
We make reference to your fax of 9 June, advising us of further details of the situation with regard to the nominated venue for the above training. In response to the queries you have raised therein, I should like to respond to them serially. |
Your sentence: |
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Thank you for your fax of 9 June, giving details of the training venue and raising some queries. I will answer these in order. |
Sentence 3 |
With regard to the hotel brochure we have received from you, we are assuming that we do not have to make a selection of a menu therefrom for the week's lunches and that the brochure is for our information only. Please advise if we are in error concerning this matter. |
Your sentence: |
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Please let us know if you want us to select menus for next week's lunches. |