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Business English

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1. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






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






3. To rest (sit - sat)






4. Prepositional phrases






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






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






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






8. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






10. Words used in place of nouns






11. Used in certain countries or regions






12. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






13. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






14. Indicates present - the past & future






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






16. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






17. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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






20. Verb comes before the subject






21. Word often implied but not actually stated






22. Express current action






23. Commas are used to...






24. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






25. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






26. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






27. A comma






28. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






29. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






30. History of word






31. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






32. Plural






33. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






34. Words that connect other words or groups of words






35. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






36. Singular






37. Musical terms ending in o






38. Surviving from a previous period






39. Is singular






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






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






42. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






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






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






46. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






49. Singular uses singular verb

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50. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements