Exercises
Ⅰ.Please determine whether the following statements are true or false.
1.Business writing may not fully reflect the characteristics and standards of business activities and is used for the exchange of commodities and market circulation.
2.Generally speaking，any articles which are written for the business purpose are business writing.
3.Administrative documents include the writings involved with marketing analysis，such as questionnaires，market research reports，and feasibility reports.
4.One way to achieve clarity purpose is to use concrete information，instead of using ambiguous or fuzzy words or expressions.
5.Conciseness can be embodied in two aspects:the choice of words and the length of the sentence.
6.The correctness is embodied either in grammar，punctuation and spelling of the words，or in the contents.
7.Business writing is a kind of practical writing，aiming at the resolution of problems in the society，so it has a high requirement for the correctness of languages.
8.“You Attitude”means that writers shall consider the events by standing in other people's position，instead of being self-centered.
9.In business writings，we can use imperative sentence to ask someone to do something and at the same time the pronoun“you”cannot be omitted.
10.Generally speaking，letters，reports，proposals，legal documents，brochures are always written in an informal style.
Ⅱ.Writing practice.
Write a questionnaire and ask your partner to amend it.Make a comparison between these two drafts and find out the differences between them.The questionnaire should meet with the following requirements:
·Preface:salutation and the statement of the investigating purposes and significance
·Instructions:instruct the respondent how to fill in the questionnaire
·Body:the questions
·Conclusion:acknowledgements
【注释】
[1]John Woods.商务信函:2500成功沟通范例[M].上海:上海世纪出版集团，2002:374.
[2]John Woods.商务信函:2500成功沟通范例[M].上海:上海世纪出版集团，2002:58.
[3]John Woods.商务信函:2500成功沟通范例[M].上海:上海世纪出版集团，2002:307.
[4]John Woods.商务信函:2500成功沟通范例[M].上海:上海世纪出版集团，2002:204.
[5]潘琪，曹硕.商务英语写作经典案例详解[M].上海:中国宇航出版社，2009:324.