Grammar Review: Noun Clauses, Formal Future & Stance Adverbials

• In this final review of Lesson 6, we consolidate noun clauses for subjects and objects, formal future structures, and stance adverbials to elevate your executive communication.
• Category
• Structure / Marker
• Function
• Executive Example
• Noun Clauses
• What / Whether / The fact that
• Subject or object of statement
• What troubles the board is whether we hit ARR.
• Formal Future
• be to, be slated to, be poised to
• Official schedules or impending plans
• The revenue plan is slated to launch in Boston.
• Stance Adverbials
• frankly, ironically, tellingly
• Expressing speaker attitude
• Tellingly, the London office missed its quota.
• Remember
• Use noun clauses starting with 'What' or 'Whether' to focus attention on key operational questions.
• Employ formal future phrases like 'be slated to' or 'be poised to' for corporate announcements in memos.
• Place stance adverbials at the beginning of sentences to signal your viewpoint before delivering data.
• Examples
• What remains unclear is whether the Chicago team will accept the new targets.
• The CRO is poised to release the global revenue plan tomorrow.
• Frankly, our customer acquisition cost in Manchester has risen too high.
• Common mistakes
• What we need that we close more deals.
• What we need is for us to close more deals.
• The memo is slate to be published in New York.
• The memo is slated to be published in New York.

Complete the sentences

• ___ worries the executive team in Seattle is whether we can sustain this growth. (What) ____
• Our enterprise division in Austin ___ slated to announce the new strategy. (is) ____
• ___, the sales director in Denver resigned right before the quarterly review. (Telling) ____
• What concerns the board in Chicago ___ whether our margins will hold. (be) ____
• The sales team in Bristol ___ poised to secure the major logistics account. (be) ____
• ___ speaking, the contract terms in London favor our partners. (Technical) ____

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