English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Reply 
Forward
Your request to 
demolish
1
the garage 
adjoining
2
your property is hereby rejected. Any and all appeals regarding this decision 
must be submitted to the 
undersigned
3
by Jan 31 2018. No exceptions to the 
aforementioned
4
procedure will be considered.
1 
knock down
2 
next to
3 
the person who wrote this letter
4 
mentioned earlier
Some publications produced by companies or government departments are difficult to understand 
because they use language that is very different from everyday English.
• They frequently use words that are longer and ‘grander’ than their ordinary equivalents.
• They often use a passive form instead of an active one, e.g. ‘Normal service will be resumed as 
soon as possible’ instead of ‘We will resume normal service as soon as possible.’
• They use nouns as the subject of the sentence when they are not necessary, e.g. ‘Achievement 
of this module is dependent upon candidates meeting the assessment outcomes’ instead of ‘To 
achieve this module, candidates must meet the assessment outcomes.’
• They use a noun instead of You, e.g. Customers will be informed of …’ instead of ‘You will be 
informed of …’ or even ‘We will tell you about …’
These words are more frequent in a bureaucratic context:
Work will 
commence in May. 
[start] (noun = 
commencement)
The company 
ceased operations last year. 
[stopped functioning] (noun = 
cessation)
Property belonging to the 
deceased will be returned to the next of kin. 
[dead person] [closest relative]
In the event of an emergency, call 121. 
[if there is]
In the event of fire, the building 
must be evacuated immediately. 
[people must leave]
Tenants must