Joe Essid
From: Leslie A. Olson & Thomas N. Huckin. Technical Writing and Professional Communication. 2nd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1991.
Joe Essid
What strikes you as "culturally based" about the word choice in this letter? How has Mr. Powell shaped the letter for the expectations of Mr. Tadashi?
Joe Essid
What, in Powell's second letter, is different? Why? How, given what you have read, would Tadashi interpret this letter?