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Business English

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






2. Shows physical or mental action






3. To rest (sit - sat)






4. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






5. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






6. Commas are used to separate word that...






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






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






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






10. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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11. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






13. Connecting words






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






15. Used to express a fact






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






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






18. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






19. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






22. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






23. Surviving from a previous period






24. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






26. Action has been completed






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






28. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






29. Used to express command






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






31. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






32. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






33. Prepositional phrases






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






35. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






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






37. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






38. Can stand alone






39. Used to show continuous or repeated action






40. Commas are used to...






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






42. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






43. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






44. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






45. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






49. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






50. MDs - PhDs