Which of the following is true about adapting reports and proposals to the audience?
A)If you don't know your audience, it is better to use an informal tone to make a start.
B)To make the tone formal, speak to readers in the first person, refer to them as you, and refer to yourself as I.
C)Formal business reports and proposals should not be altered when communicating with people from different cultures to reduce the risk of miscommunication.
D)To make the tone more formal, emphasize objectivity, avoid personal opinions, and build your argument on provable facts.
E)Include informal elements such as humor and casual language as they translate well from one culture to another and are good ice-breakers.

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D)To make your tone more formal, use the impersonal journalism style: Emphasize objectivity, avoid personal opinions, and build your argument on provable facts. Eliminate all personal pronouns (including I, you, we, us, and our). Avoid humor, and be careful with your use of similes, metaphors, and particularly colorful adjectives or adverbs. However, you don't need to make the writing monotonous.

Which of the Following Is True About Adapting Reports and Proposals