Routine business messages ________

A) require you to persuade your audience
B) necessitate thinking about how to prevent your audience from being upset
C) can be very lengthy and quite complicated
D) are never challenging to write
E) require that you be clear, complete, and respectful

Answer: E
Explanation: E) Routine business messages simply require that you be clear, complete, and respectful. However, meeting just these requirements can be challenging.

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