4.3 Positive and Courteous Expression (L. O. 4) YOUR TASK Revise the following statements to make them
more positive and courteous.
a. Construction on your building is at a standstill because
the contractor is unable to pour footings until the soil is
no longer soggy.
b. A passport cannot be issued until an application is
completed and a recent photo is included.
c. Your message of April 1 claims that the blade in your
food processor malfunctioned. Although you apparently failed to read the operator’s manual, we are sending you a replacement blade PLUS another manual. Next
time read page 18 carefully so that you will know how to
attach this blade.
d. Customers are ineligible for the 25 percent discount
if they fail to provide the discount code at the time of
purchase.
e. As team leader, you apparently failed to remember that
you have already assigned me two gigantic and complex
research tasks, and now you have dumped another big
job on me—one that I can’t possibly begin until after I
finish the other two jobs.
f. We regret to announce that we can offer the 50 percent
discount only to the the first 25 buyers, so act quickly

Identify which of the twelve basic functions listed below fit the description given.

Journalize the following transactions that occurred in september 2015 for aquamarines. no explanations are needed. identify each accounts payable and accounts receivable with the vendor or customer name. sep. 3 purchased merchandise inventory on account from shallin wholesalers, $5,000. terms 1/15, n/eom, fob shipping point. 4 paid freight bill of $80 on september 3 purchase. 4 purchased merchandise inventory for cash of $1,700. 6 returned $500 of inventory from september 3 purchase. 8 sold merchandise inventory to hermosa company, $6,000, on account. terms 2/15, n/35. cost of goods, $2,640. 9 purchased merchandise inventory on account from thomas wholesalers, $8,000. terms 2/10, n/30, fob destination. 10 made payment to shallin wholesalers for goods purchased on september 3, less return and discount. 12 received payment from hermosa company, less discount. 13 after negotiations, received a $200 allowance from thomas wholesalers. 15 sold merchandise inventory to jordan company, $2,500, on account. terms 1/10, n/eom. cost of goods, $1,050. 22 made payment, less allowance, to thomas wholesalers for goods purchased on september 9. 23 jordan company returned $400 of the merchandise sold on september 15. cost of goods, $160. 25 sold merchandise inventory to smithsons for $1,100 on account that cost $400. terms of 2/10, n/30 were offered, fob shipping point. as a courtesy to smithsons, $75 of freight was added to the invoice for which cash was paid by aquamarines. 26 after negotiations, granted a $100 allowance to smithsons for merchandise purchased on september 25. 29 received payment from smithsons, less allowance and discount. 30 received payment from jordan company, less return.

The state troopers in one state have a motto, “nine you’re fine; ten you’re mine,” which is the standard that they use for pulling over speeders on the state highways. in other words, if the posted speed limit is 55 mph, drivers can drive at a rate up to 64 mph without fear of getting a ticket. which of the following best describes the ethical culture in the state? a. the troopers are following a standard of positive law. b. the troopers are following a normative standard. c. the troopers are following a headline test. d. the troopers are following the blanchard/peale standard.