LABS

YOUR TASK:

Under each of the vague statements, revise each so that the content is clear, descriptive, and verifiable. The goal is to remove what is ambiguous and replace with content your reader will understand. You will need to make up the details. The first one has been done for you and there is another example/sample below #10.

1.NE1's Parking Lot B is a mess.

Example: NE1's parking lot B contains potholes, faded parking lines, and usually floods

during rainfall due to uneven grading.

2.The workmanship on the book case cabinets are terrible.

3.The company's employee onboarding process is confusing.

4.The air quality in this region during the forest fire season is poor.

5.Financial reports take too long to reach the Chief Accountant at month-end.

6.The email program our office uses is obsolete.

7.The developer promised public amenities in lieu of cutting down an old-growth forest.

8.The site supervisor is inconsistent with enforcing health and safety standards.

9.Our company's profits grew last year.

10.The Bank of Canada's lending rate will rise next quarter.

Sample

Subjective

- Squamish receives more annual rainfall than the Lower Mainland (what does

'more' mean? Where in the Lower Mainland? - this leaves your readers with questions. Your job is to ELIMINATE those questions in your written communications).

Verifiable

- Environment Canada states the average rainfall in Squamish was 2,250 mm per year

for the past four years (2013-2017), while the City of Vancouver received 1,900 mm per year during the same time period (Environment Canada, 2018).

NOTE: citations are not required for the purpose of this exercise - but in a report or workplace document they would be required to ethically credit the source where the information came from- and to prove what you've said is factual, credible, reliable.