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Business English

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1. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






2. Verb should agree with the closer subject






3. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






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






5. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






6. Join equal parts of sentences






7. Adds additional info to sentence






8. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






9. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






10. A comma






11. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






12. To place (set - setting)






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






14. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






15. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






16. Is plural






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






18. When dates contain more than one element....






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






20. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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21. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






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






23. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






24. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






25. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






26. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






27. Express current action






28. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






30. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






31. The most used & misused punctuation mark






32. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






33. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






34. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






35. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






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






37. Shows physical or mental action






38. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






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






41. Words used in place of nouns






42. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






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






44. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






45. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






47. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






48. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






49. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






50. Singular uses singular verb

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