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Business English

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






2. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






4. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






5. One






6. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






7. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






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






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






11. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






12. Surviving from a previous period






13. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






14. Subjects are after the verb






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






16. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






17. No longer used






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






19. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






21. Used to show continuous or repeated action






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






23. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






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






26. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






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






29. Two or more






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






31. Musical terms ending in o






32. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






33. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






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






35. Used to express command






36. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






38. A phrase or clause






39. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






40. To rest (sit - sat)






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






42. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






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






44. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






46. When addresses are written in sentence form....






47. Words that connect other words or groups of words






48. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






49. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






50. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)