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Business English

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1. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






2. Pronouns that end in self






3. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






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






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






6. Express current action






7. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






9. Verb should agree with the closer subject






10. Word often implied but not actually stated






11. Adds additional info to sentence






12. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






15. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






16. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






17. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






18. Add 's (Horowitz's)






19. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






20. Used to express a fact






21. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






23. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






24. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






27. When one noun possess another






28. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






29. Used to express command






30. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






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






32. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






33. To rest (sit - sat)






34. To place (set - setting)






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






36. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






37. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






39. Subjects are after the verb






40. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






41. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






44. A comma






45. A phrase or clause






46. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






47. Surviving from a previous period






48. Connecting words






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






50. Prepositional phrases