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ПОСОБИЕ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ВУЗОВ 21

13. Find in a Russian newspaper or magazine article the examples of

1. jargon and gobbledygook

2. poor sentence structure

3. wrong words

4. redundancies

5. too many numbers

6. politically incorrect words

14. Find in the text the sentences

where Participle I and Participle II are used. Translate them and explain the usage of the Participles.

15. Insert prepositions:

1) Errors your writing will brand you careless, unprofessional, and

inconsiderate your audience.

2) Professional writing requires attention.....detail and repeated review your

draft to catch all potential errors.

3) "Gobbledygook" consists ponderous words and phrases that obscure simple

ideas.

4) (...) military campaign resulted the internment 9.000 Navajo and Apache

Indians.

5. However, a little thought, you can come appropriate titles.

6. writers should be sensitive words that may offend individuals or groups.

7. Still others object the word "disabled".

8. American companies now refer "international" sales.

16. Explain the following statements:

1. Errors also call into question the credibility of the entire message.

2. It will save you embarrassment later.

3. ...such mistakes are the mark of a careless writer.

4. Avoid gender bias by using non-gender-related words.

5. However, critics charge that a flood of euphemisms can cause a loss of clarity and may result in a kind of political censorship that is not healthy for freedom of expression.

17. Comment on the following statements Do you agree with them?

1. People can digest a few figures but not a mass of statistics.

2. In today's world of diversity at all levels of national life, there is increased sensitivity about which words are used to describe minorities and other groups of people

18. Speak on the sectors Bias and Politically Incorrect Language analysing the given examples.

Can you give similar examples in Russian?

19. Give a summary of the unit.