Multiple Choice
Business is bad and you need to cut costs by reducing your employees' work hours or by eliminating several positions. You plan a meeting with your employees to discuss this situation.
-Which of the following is an acceptable way to ease the impact of bad news?
A) using the active voice
B) putting the bad news ahead of the explanation
C) avoiding the passive voice
D) surrounding the bad news by two subordinate clauses
E) avoiding clear phrasing
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
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