Chapter 16, Questions 1-4
1. a. Prolonged use of the battery drains its energy.
b. The crimper of the alfalfa mower breaks
the stem every inch to release fluids.
c. Bend your legs and point your toes outward at
a 45 degree angle.
d. The trend
toward fewer and larger farms will cause an increased demand for machinery,
which will decrease the demand for laborers.
e. The report
recommends simple, cost-effective advertising, with the aid of either an
advertising agency or an account executive from a media service.
f. The project
needs to entail further research.
2. a. Passive voice made active: The engineers wrote the
report collaboratively.
b. Past tense: The report was informative but
too long.
c. Passive voice
made active: The engineers sent the report to the editor.
d. Past tense, weak
verb: The report has been shortened by three pages.
e. Weak verb: This method of writing and
editing is effective for us.
3. The four sentences mean the same thing, but the first and
last sentences place emphasis on how the specimens must be prepared
(thoroughly), while the second and third examples emphasize who must prepare the
specimens (laboratory personnel). The first sentence is the “worst” stylistically,
because it has a weak verb, passive voice, the subject and verb are separated, and
the agent is at the very end.
4. a. The
revision made the agent more active, but changed the meaning because the
revised sentence suggests that the writes are purposely applying to the
positions.
Alternate revision: Technical
writes now finds themselves in product design and production management roles.
b. The revision eliminated nominalization,
but it also changed the meaning because it made the subject an acting agent,
which makes no sense.
Alternate revision: The problem involves deriving
objective methods for evaluating the effect of adriamycin on the heart.
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