Time is money in any business environment. People want information communicated quickly and clearly. To make your writing more concise and understandable, avoid flabby expressions, long lead-ins, and unnecessary fillers. Your audience will appreciate your brevity. If your writing contains a flabby expression like despite the fact that, replace it with the word because / seldom / although.
For each of the following two sentences, choose the best revision.
1. I am sending you this letter to let you know that the team is ready for its next assignment.
1) I am writing this letter because I need to let you know that the team is ready for its next assignment.
2) This is to inform you that the team is ready for its next assignment.
3) The team is ready for its next assignment.
2. There are six folders left in the break room.
1) Six folders are left in the break room.
2) There are six folders left in the break room, so come get them.
3) It is important to note that there are six folders in the break room.
Read the following passage, and then answer the question.
[1] There are seven conference calls scheduled for this morning between 10 and 11 a. m. [2] Generally, it is a good idea to limit the number of conference calls to three per hour. [3] In the future, we should schedule calls more carefully.
3. Which sentences contain unnecessary fillers?
1) 1 and 3
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 2

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match each paragraph to its corresponding purpose. tiles: instructs describes persuades narrates pairs before you purchase a used car from a dealer or an individual, there are important steps you must take. first, examine the car using an inspection checklist, which you can download and print from many websites. then test-drive the car under a variety of road conditions, making sure that it handles well in many situations. finally, ask for the car’s maintenance report and make sure you understand any repairs made on the car. arrowboth "good morning, sal! " uncle freddie said. " for coming in so early today." uncle freddie danced as he spoke. sal yawned. he did not know how his uncle woke up so cheerfully before dawn every day. uncle freddie placed a tray of cookies in front of sal. "i need you to decorate these," he said. he handed sal several tubes of icing. arrowboth the hole created by the meteorite's impact, known as the barringer meteorite crater, can still be seen today. it is one mile wide and over 550 feet deep—20 football games could be played at the same time on its floor, and more than two million people could watch from its sloping sides. arrowboth you know the feeling: it’s minutes until the school bus comes, but you just rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, barely brushed your teeth, and now you’re racing out the door to catch the bus. you skip breakfast again. that’s three days this week alone! it’s no wonder, then, that by second period you start to feel awful, with your stomach grumbling and your eyelids drooping. my fellow classmates, listen up! you may be surprised by how a few simple changes in your life can have a huge effect on how you feel morning, noon, and night! arrowboth

'the dragon wakes', is a metaphor for a big event in this chapter. what is the event? how does moon shadow's beliefs about dragons him to understand what is happening?

Which conclusion about pau amma does this excerpt support?