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Business English

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






2. Express current action






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






4. Words used in place of nouns






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






6. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






10. Prepositional phrases






11. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






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






14. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






16. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






17. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






18. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






21. Word often implied but not actually stated






22. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






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






24. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






25. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






27. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






28. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






29. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






30. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






31. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






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






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






34. Two or more






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






36. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






37. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






38. Add 's (Horowitz's)






39. Adds additional info to sentence






40. Commas are used to...






41. Words that connect other words or groups of words






42. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






44. Plural uses plural verb

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






46. Plural






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






48. Often introduced by words such as then or as






49. To place (set - setting)






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