JOMC 221 Exercises

Better late than never as they say :(

Module 1: Exercises 1-6

Ex. 1.1 Be brief (sound familiar?)

People shouldn’t fear anything except being fearful, and we should stick together on this so we can’t be defeated.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ~ FDR

The male gender is so different from the female gender that it is almost as if the two are from completely different planets altogether.
Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus.

Before there was anything else, the all-powerful omniscient, omnipresent being of all beings created out of nothing both what we know of today as the earth and that which we do not yet know of - the heavens.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen 1:1)

Ex. 1.2 Be precise

Ambiguous/Ambivalent
Her reply was ambiguous and led to further confusion.
She was ambivalent about moving across the country to attend college.

Apprise/Appraise
The committee apprised the members of the change in leadership.
You should have the property appraised to calculate its worth.

Healthy/Healthful
Living a healthy lifestyle will lengthen your lifespan.
Eating right and exercising regularly are ways to ensure a healthful existence.

Disinterested/Uninterested
By the end of the meeting, I was disinterested in the outcome.
All the participants seemed uninterested and anxious to leave.

Conscience/Conscious
Beware of those without a conscience.
I made a conscious effort to pay attention.

Affect/Effect
Your lack of attendance will affect your final grade negatively.
The medication you are taking has minor side effects.

Ex. 1.3 Be active (and descriptive)

The labor leaders were frustrated by the latest offer, which forced them to go through with the strike.
After three excruciating hours of deliberation, the labor leaders were frustrated by the latest offer by the administration. Out of necessity, they banded together and proceeded with the strike as promised.

She walked into the room without saying a word, sat down and looked at me.
My mother, with tear-stained cheeks and disheveled hair, walked into the room without saying a word. She sat down heavily into the armchair and looked at me with a knowing look.

Ex. 1.4, 1.5 Be imaginative

Examples of boring clichés:
Head over heels. It could be worse. Smooth as a baby’s bottom. Haste makes waste. No pain, no gain. When it rains, it pours. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Easy as pie. Long in the tooth. Over the hill.

Analogies:
Lured by money traps and online predators, a new Internet user is like Little Red Riding Hood in the forest; The Big Bad Wolf is lurking around every corner.

A brave new world, the Internet is an endless book waiting to be read.

Ex. 1.6 Be consistent

US Airways promises a bounty of flights that are on time, have convenient connections and offer a well-balanced in-flight meal.
US Airways promises a bounty of on time flights, convenient connections, and well-balanced in-flight meals.

Heroes in movies are always wealthy, always get the girl, wear high fashion and usually arrive at the scene about two seconds after the bad guy has left.
Heroes in movies, who are always wealthy, get the girl, wear high fashion, and arrive at the scene about two seconds after the bad guy leaves.

Speaking of movies, telephones in movies are always knocked over if they wake up a character, never ring more than three times before getting answered, and get restored by frantically tapping on the cradle, and shouting, “Hello? Hello?”

Telephones in movies are always knocked over if they wake up a character, never ring more than three times before getting answered, and get restored by the character frantically tapping on the cradle, and shouting, “Hello? Hello?”