This activity tests your ability to recognize and avoid four common wording problems in business communication.

$-$Using slang and clich$$s inappropriately

$-$Confusing similar words $($e$.$g$.,$ "affect" and "effect"$)$

$-$Using incorrect two$-$word expressions $($e$.$g$.,$ "collided into" rather than "collided with," the correct expression$)$

$-$Camouflaging the real verb of the sentence $($e$.$g$.,$ "effect a change" instead of "change"$).$

Roll over each phrase below to reveal a sentence. Then drag the item to the wording problem that the sentence best illustrates.

$\backslash$table$[[$Less people,$\backslash$table$[[$Redesign of$],[$product$]],\backslash$table$[[$Inappropriate$],[$Slang$/$Clich$$s$]],\backslash$table$[[$Confused Similar$],[$Words$]],$Incorrect Idiom,$\backslash$table$[[$Camouflaged$],[$Verb$]]],[$Defective part,New schedule,,,,$],[$New markets,Mr$.$ Wong,,,,$],[\backslash$table$[[$Buying$],[$patterns$]],\backslash$table$[[$Revise$],[$website$]],,,,],[\backslash$table$[[$Retirement$-],[$planning$]],,,,,]]$