Rewrite these wordy phrases in simpler English. 
1) In the course of ...
2) During such time that ...
3) In spite of the fact that ...
4) Anything over and above this ...
5) For a period of 14 days ...
6) Up to a maximum of four people ...
7) It would be appreciated if you would...
8) I am writing with reference to....
9) At this moment in time ...
10) In accordance with your request …

 Given below are some phrases. How will you make them sound less impersonal? 
a) The customers will appreciate the fact that the company is giving a 10% discount on computers  this month.
b) Further to your recent communication, please find enclosed the requested quotation.
c) If the customers have any further questions they should contact the company at 9886745612.
d) It was discovered that the salary totals were incorrect.
e) The list of the names and the number of people attending the course has not been finalized.

 Which mode of communication would you adopt in the following situations? 
a) The message is urgent.
b) The message is important and lengthy.
c) The message sent should be available in the records.
d) You have to consult your boss, who is out of town, urgently and make a quick decision

Discuss the difference between conversation and other speech events. Give examples. 

What are the different meanings of the word light? Use the word in sentences to bring out the different meanings

Substitute the word nice in the following paragraph. Change sentence construction, if  necessary.

 It was a nice morning.
 We went out for a nice picnic to a nice park near our house.
 The food was nice and we played nice games.
 We enjoyed the nice outing

Macro functions of communication

Silence and its Role in Communication

Style

Stress and Intonation

Homophones

Point estimate and interval estimate

Observational and experimental method

Phenomenology and Ethnography

Quantitative and Qualitative Research 

 What is multivariate analysis? What are the important points to be kept in mind while interpreting the results obtained from multivariate analysis.

What are the conditions when t test, F test or Z test are used? 

A study involves analysing variation in the retail prices of a commodity in three principal cities-Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. Three shops were chosen at random in each city and retail prices (in rupees) of the commodity were noted as given in the following table:

At significance level of 5%, check whether mean price of the commodity in the three cities are significantly different. (Given F (critical) with 2 and 6 as numerator and denominator degrees of freedom, respectively at 5% level of significance to be 5.14)

“Correlation does not necessarily imply causation” Elucidate

. Normal distribution curve