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BCU100/BCUD152 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION 2
AUGUST 2025
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SOURCE: QUESTION 2
Prescribed textbook:
Chapter 5 (Enhancing professionalism: language formatting and editing)
Online source:
ChatGPT or any other AI tool
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QUESTION 2.1
• The readability of a text is improved if a consistent structure and appropriate
formatting are used. In table format refer to seven different elements of
formatting, the main purpose of each element and a specific example of the
element. (21)
Refer to 7 different elements, the basic purpose of each element and how it
can be used in a text.
• Use ChatGPT to get required information. Do not copy and paste.
• Find information that can be linked to the information provided in the textbook.
• IMPORTANT: A citation is essential.
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HOW TO ANSWER
ELEMENT PURPOSE EXAMPLE
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QUESTION 2.2
Read the following short email and identify four capitalisation errors in the email. (4)
Dear mr Smith
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the launch of our new delivery service, fast and
furious on Friday, 12 August 2025 at 10:00. The aim is to improve the speed of our deliveries
and i am proud to say that we have achieved that goal in the trial phase.
Please let me know whether you will be able to attend.
Kind Regards
John Paulson
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QUESTION 2.2
This is just application of basic rules of capitalisation.
Find and identify the four errors and list the corrections next to these.
Example:
Error - ……. = Correction - ……….
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