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Business English

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






2. Used in certain countries or regions






3. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






4. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






7. Used to express command






8. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






9. One






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






11. Join equal parts of sentences






12. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






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






14. No longer used






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






16. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






17. A phrase or clause






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






19. Used to express a fact






20. Indicates present - the past & future






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






22. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






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






24. Can stand alone






25. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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26. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






28. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






30. Surviving from a previous period






31. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






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






34. Words used in place of nouns






35. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






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






37. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






38. Express current action






39. Is plural






40. Word often implied but not actually stated






41. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






42. Connecting words






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






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






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






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






47. Two or more






48. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






49. Prepositional phrases






50. Singular uses singular verb

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