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Business English

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1. History of word






2. Express current action






3. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






4. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






5. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






6. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






7. When one noun possess another






8. Indicates present - the past & future






9. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






10. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






11. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






12. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






13. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






14. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






15. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






17. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






18. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






19. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






20. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






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






22. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






23. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






24. Shows physical or mental action






25. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






26. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






27. To rest (sit - sat)






28. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






29. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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30. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






31. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






32. MDs - PhDs






33. Join equal parts of sentences






34. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






35. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






36. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






38. Commas are used to...






39. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






40. No longer used






41. Subjects are after the verb






42. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






43. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






44. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






45. A comma






46. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






47. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






49. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






50. Connecting words