1. An increase in workers’ compensation (WC) insurance premiums has been observed in our company over the past 12 months. 2. In addition, employees have taken more sick days this year.
3. On March 1 you asked me to research some options to reduce WC claims and ameliorate the health of our employees.
4. I recommend that we introduce an employee fitness program in several stages, beginning in June.
5. With a fitness program, we can ensure the health and safety of each and every employee.
6. I offer my full support with implementing this program.
7. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.
8. According to researchers, workplace fitness is important for many reasons.

Required:
a. How many examples of passive voice does your rough draft contain? Which sentences are they?
b. How many state-of-being verbs does your rough draft contain? Which sentences are they?
c. Which sentence contains an expletive?

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

Read the sentence from last lecture by randy pausch. all right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because i spent a lot of time talking about that and i’m really not interested. pausch tells his audience this because he wants them to know that

L2.4.3 test (cst): the story question 13 of 20 2 points choose the sentence that uses parallel structure correctly. o a. not only is she cutting her hair, but also coloring it. o b. he either decided to run the race or volunteer. o c. i am not only baking cookies but also brownies. od. neither my mother nor my father can watch my game.