Question 1: as an example of undistinguished speech, read aloud the following explanation given by an executive who arrived late for a meeting. each of the italicized words and expressions in this paragraph can be replaced by a more expressive and more suitable word. try your skill in improving the executive’s explanation by replacing all the italicized words and expressions with words of your own selection. i’m sorry i got here so late, but i couldn’t get here any earlier. i got a faxed message from washington just as i was getting ready to leave, and i had to get off a reply at once. i tried to get a call through, but i got tired of waiting and finally got a fax on its way. before i could get out of the office, i got a call from my sister. she had just gotten word that our father had gotten hurt in an automobile accident. when i finally got down to the garage, i found i had forgotten to get gas, so i had to get a taxi. it’s a wonder i got here at all.