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Business English

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1. Prepositional phrases






2. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






3. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






4. Expected to occur later






5. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






6. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






7. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






8. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






9. Add 's (Horowitz's)






10. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






11. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






12. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






13. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






14. Word often implied but not actually stated






15. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






16. Word combinations that are unique to that language






17. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






18. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






19. A phrase or clause






20. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






21. When addresses are written in sentence form....






22. To rest (sit - sat)






23. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






24. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






25. The most used & misused punctuation mark






26. Pronouns that end in self






27. Is singular






28. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






29. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






30. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






31. To place (set - setting)






32. Often introduced by words such as then or as






33. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






34. Plural






35. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






36. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






37. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






38. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






39. Shows physical or mental action






40. Warn about the use of certain words






41. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






42. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






43. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






44. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






45. Words that connect other words or groups of words






46. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






47. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






48. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






49. Join equal parts of sentences






50. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...