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- Subject: English
- AS: 90053
- Level: 1
- Credits: 3
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1.5 Produce formal writing
Word choice
This is an important part of the drafting and proofreading process where you must evaluate how effective each word is, or combinations of words are.
Draft sentence:
If you have good quality family time it is like a future investment.
Edited sentence:
To invest in your future is to spend time with your family.
In the edited sentence, the writer has selected and rearranged keywords, making the message more direct.
Draft sentence:
I believe that genetically modified food should be labelled so that consumers learn to make an informed choice when purchasing food.
Edited sentence:
Genetically modified food should be labelled so that consumers learn to make an informed choice when purchasing food.
