Question

Read the excerpt from Zikh’s presentation at a town hall meeting to introduce the new public transportation system.

Today I vow to share with you our future endeavors for our transportation system. Our goals for the system are to help the environment while saving passengers money. This model has been successful in other cities, and we are hoping to see success here as well.

Which words from the excerpt should be replaced with more straightforward language to match the purpose and audience?

share and cities
vow and endeavors
environment and model
future and successful

Answer 1

vow and endeavors

Those words are more formal; use simpler terms like "promise" or "plan" (e.g., "Today I promise to share our plans for the transportation system").