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Business English

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1. Pronouns that end in self






2. Words used in place of nouns






3. Express current action






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






5. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






6. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






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






11. One






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






13. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






15. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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16. Commas are used to...






17. Used in certain countries or regions






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






19. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






22. Known as relative pronoun clauses






23. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






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






25. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






26. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






27. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






28. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






29. Is singular






30. When one noun possess another






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






32. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






34. Indicates present - the past & future






35. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






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






37. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






39. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






40. Used to show continuous or repeated action






41. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






42. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






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






45. History of word






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






47. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






48. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






49. A -an & the






50. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun