ENG201 Assignment No. 02 Solution Fall Spring 2013 Due Date 15-05-2013

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Business and Technical English (ENG201)
Assignment No. 2 (Spring 2013)
Total Marks: 15

Objective:
To assess students’ understanding of the course and to make them focus on the key areas of technical writing

Instructions:

Late assignments will not be accepted.
If the file is corrupt or problematic, it will be marked zero.
Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it was his or her own; however, taking the ideas from different sources and to express it in your own words will be encouraged.
No assignment will be accepted via e-mail.
The file should be in Word doc form, the font color should be preferably black and font size can be 12 Times New Roman.

Q1. ‘Technical English is not the part of technology’. Enumerate your own views in a coherent paragraph in 100-150 words. (5 Marks)

Q2. Remove the wordiness by using single-word substitutes instead of phrases, without changing the meaning. (5 Marks)

Wordy: At this time

Concise: -------------

Wordy: Due to the fact that

Concise: -------------

Wordy: Have need for

Concise: --------------

Wordy: During that time period

Concise: --------------

Wordy: In due course

Concise: -------------

Q3. Choose the best option. (5 Marks)
1. In a ----- the words are arranged so that the ideas clearly express the intended meaning.
a. simple sentence
b. complex sentence
c. coherent sentence
d. fused sentence

2. True courtesy involves being aware not only of the perspectives of others, but also their -----.