The use of short, direct sentences with no fluff is known as  a. business style b. casual style c. creative style d. direct style  

The use of short, direct sentences with no fluff is known as business style, that is, the answer to your question would be A. In order to develop an effective business style, you should use shorter sentences, use simpler sentence structures, use the active voice, avoid nomilizing verbs and write from the point of view of the company.

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.

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