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Business English

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






2. Action has been completed






3. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






6. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






7. To rest (sit - sat)






8. Plural






9. Adds additional info to sentence






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






11. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






13. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






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






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






16. One






17. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






19. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






22. No longer used






23. MDs - PhDs






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






25. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






26. Used to express command






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






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






29. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






30. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






31. The most used & misused punctuation mark






32. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






34. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






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






37. A phrase or clause






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






39. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






41. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






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






43. Express current action






44. Words expressing strong feelings






45. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






46. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






47. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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48. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






49. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






50. Shows physical or mental action