Exercise 4. Organize the following sets of sentences in the order of formality as shown in the example above. The first one is done for you as a guide.

1.

1. __ She told them later that she had not known about it while it was happening.

2. __ Her later verbal report indicated that at the time she was completely unaware of what was transpiring.

3. 1. 'I didn't know about it while it was happening,' she told them later.

4. __ She informed them later verbally that she had not known about the event while it was taking place.

5. __ They were informed in her subsequent verbal report that she had had no knowledge whatever of the event at the time of its occurrence.

2.

1. __ He asked whether she could come and pick the stuff up at his place.

2. __ He wondered if it was possible for her to come and collect the material at his house.

3. __ "Can you come and pick up the stuff at my place?" he asked her.

4. __ His request was that, if possible, she should collect the material at his place of residence.

5. __ She was asked if there was a possibility that she might collect the material at his house.

3.

1. __ According to the astronomer, the name Capella refers to a star.

2. __ "Capella’s a star," said the astronomer.

3. __ The group was informed by the astronomer that the name Capella refers to a star.

4. __ The astronomer said that Capella is a star.

5. __ The astronomer said Capeila’s a star.

4.

1. __ Chinese food is tasty.

2. __ The cuisine of China appeals to most people’s taste buds.

3. __ One’s gustatory proclivities are very pleasantly stimulated by the traditional cuisine of China.

4. __ Chinese food’s tasty.

5. __ One’s taste buds are stimulated very pleasantly by Chinese food.

5.

1. __ The historian said: ‘Hasan-e-Sabbah trained his assassins to kill his religious and political enemies.’

2. __ The assassins of mediaeval Persia were, according to the historian, trained by Hasan-e-Sabbah to kill his religious and political opponents.

3. __ The historian said that the assassins were trained by Hasan-e-Sabbah to kill his religious and political foes.

4. __ According to the historian, the members of the mediaeval Persian Sect of the Assassins were trained by their founder and leader, Hasan-e-Sabbah, to eliminate those who were religiously and politically opposed to him.

5. __ The members of the mediaeval Assassin Sect in Persia, according to the historian, were organized so as to facilitate the liquidation of all religious and political opposition to its founder and leader, Hasan-e-Sabbah.

Exercise 5. Identify the inconsistency in levels of formality in the following text fragments and revise them.

1. The question is, however, does the "Design School Model" provide a practical solution to the problem of how to formulate strategy?

2. The economist offered the business executives a lengthy explanation for the recent fluctuation in the stock market. But it was pretty obvious from their questions afterwards that they didn't get it.

3. To eliminate sexual harassment in the work place, companies should come up with clearly defined guidelines that help you figure out which actions to avoid. Merely telling people not to engage in sexual harassment doesn't do much to illustrate things to cut out. Therefore, to sensitize their personnel, some companies hold seminars in which employees who have complaints act out unpleasant or demeaning stuff directed at them by their bosses or fellow workers. Seeing such actions portrayed often helps the offender recognize how insulting some act was, even if the offending person didn't mean it like that. Discussions that get going later also help people realize how their actions affect those they work with, and further definitions or memos often aren't needed.