Multiple Choice
Consider the following sentence: "CEO Mike Maloney regrets to announce that PharmCo will be downsizing at the end of September." Which of the following actions would improve the ease of reading?
A) Cut the prepositional phrase "at the end of September."
B) Change "at the end of September" to "at the end of the third quarter."
C) Change "PharmCo" to "PharmCo Drug and Pharmaceutical Company."
D) Change the buzzword "downsizing" to "laying off employees."
E) Change "CEO Mike Maloney" to "The CEO of PharmCo."
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