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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 3.1 Language Conventions and Usage
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.6 Language Conventions and Usage. Which choice best completes the sentence?

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Thank you We sneak in and here's your smoke dooz

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your brought to you by word choice because we don't

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always want to sound like cavemen just some of the

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time All right First read the past blow from a

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letter of complaint Not by cave man Maybe cave man

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Dot com maybe not All right well now collect the

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drop down menu and choose the option that correctly completes

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the sentence and the options air here And they're all

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about the company because of it Okay well not all

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languages appropriate for all situation Just like you wouldn't start

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wrapping before the supreme court Uh usually you also wouldn't

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talk like an archbishop at a party right Pretty All

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right Well this question asks us to determine appropriate language

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for a letter of complaint The writer should strive to

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sound professional and well reasons And after all he wants

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his complaint heard And while street cred might be important

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if net wire we're talking to a rival gang and

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that's not the case here this word choice is way

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too informal The same goes for answers See although props

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that the writer for trying to keep things so hip

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and young florida All right On the flip side answer

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D is a bit too elevated are complaining Customer is

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not writing a missive to the queen Execute everyone know

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twilight off with their heads Answer V uses an appropriate

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formality of language which will keep the writer sounding informed

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and reasonable and not like a crazy coot yelling about

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his internet So he is the correct answer because using

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good words is good But using a propos elocution is 00:01:35.475 --> [endTime] better Hey

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