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Business English

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1. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






2. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






3. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






4. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






5. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






6. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






7. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






8. Pronouns that end in self






9. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






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






11. Prepositional phrases






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






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






14. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






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






16. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






17. Verb comes before the subject






18. Shows physical or mental action






19. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






21. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






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






23. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






24. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






25. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






26. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






28. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






30. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






31. Words that connect other words or groups of words






32. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






33. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






35. A phrase or clause






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






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






38. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






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






42. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






43. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






44. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






45. Words expressing strong feelings






46. MDs - PhDs






47. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






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