Expert: Leslie - 9/17/2004

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can you tell me briefly about the article?

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-hi thank you so much for replying. Can you tell me more about the article in detail . Thank u for your help so much.

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hello! i  wondering if you know about the article: located on this website:

http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,829028,00.asp

about Ford.

i am not very good in english and find hard to understand this so i ask a business person like you to explain some important information so i can learn how to write a short executive summary.
thank you so much for your help. I hope to hear you reply back.
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An executive summary simple gives a short version of an article. It may be about 100 words and could be a sentence about the subheadings in an article.

For instance, if the article is about meals, then the summary would say: "This article by (author name) is about what we eat. He/she discussed the best foods for breakfast, how to make a fast lunch, and what to cook for an elegant dinner. This article was insightful because it offered a menu for a balanced diet."

If you can read the material in the article, pick out the big ideas and write them in a sentence. That is an executive summary.

Leslie
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Sue,

The reading is important for you to do. You need to practice and try to write the summary yourself; otherwise, you will not learn the material.

I can give you some hints for reading...
Look for headings in the article. Each one will introduce an important topic to put in the summary. Read the last paragraph or the conclusion. That should summarize the ideas too.

Leslie  

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Sue,

>can you tell me briefly about the article?
No, because I would be doing your homework. The brief summary is an executive summary.

I read the article, and I know why you were asked to read it. The article has many idiomatic phrases and much jargon. It is difficult to read even for an English speaker if the person does not understand the business language.

To help you translate it, may I suggest that you look at each sentence and determine the subject and the predicate, in other words, "Who did what?" If you look at each sentence that way, you will begin to understand what was said.

To give you a framework, the article is about the history of Ford's fiscal decisions over the last few years.

Leslie