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Midterm Flashcards

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But

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Conjunction

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Incur

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Transitive verb

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Realistic

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Adjective

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Furniture

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Noun

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Radically

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Adverb

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Them

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Pronoun

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Behind

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Adverb

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Enthusiastic

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Adjective

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Am

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Linking verb

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Three

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Noun

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Everybody

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Pronoun

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Efficient

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Adjective

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It

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Pronoun

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And

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Conjunction

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Successfully

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Adverb

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About

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Adverb

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Herself

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Pronoun

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Adverse

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Adjective

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Opt

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Intransitive verb

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Mr. Jacobs _ to Hawaii this morning

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Is flying

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Store Manager: Dennis, _ this letter to our client. I am toobust to do it.

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Mail

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The painting was_ the original

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As good as

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Which bank is _ BDO or BPI?

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Older

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The program will begin _ ten minutes

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In

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I have only a _ gifts left to give

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few

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Each of the student athletes _ for months, even years.

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Has been preparing

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The company will upgrade _ computer information systems next month to be at par with other firms

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Their

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When I graduate from college Next March, I _ a student in Enverga University for six years

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Will have been

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Mr. Lachet _ rather not place that money in the stock market

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Would

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The rate of _ has been fluctuating wildly this week

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Exchange

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The company shuttle bus _ arrives late during bad weather

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Always

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Do you _ where the cheapest mobile phones are sold?

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Know

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Eugene Domingo, the award-winning comedian, has her audiences _

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Rolling in the aisles

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They were _ friends in the lovely and romantic city of Paris

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Among

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The chairmans will_ members to the adhoc committee

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Appoint

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The judges had to confess that the ballet _ was superb

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Performance

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The acceptable language used in business, that is, Standard American English

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Business English

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It is found in most books, classrooms, and professional forums. Other used Edited American English to refer to it.

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Business English

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It is that achieves the purpose of why such communication is created

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Good business writing

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Occassion

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Occasion

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Ocurrence

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Occurrence

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Deterent

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Deterrent

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Viscious

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Vicious

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Acheive

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Achieve

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Percieve

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Perceive

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Recieve

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Receive

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Beleive

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Believe

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Changable

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Changeable

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Releive

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Relieve

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Perrenial

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Perennial

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Milennium

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Millennium

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Bookeeper

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Bookkeeper

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Concious

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Conscious

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Concieve

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Conceive

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Sherrif

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Sheriff

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Suddeness

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Suddenness

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Batalion

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Battalion

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Courtisy

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Courtesy

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Drunkeness

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Drunkenness

60
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They make sentences vivid and ensure that intended meaning is effected

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Punctuations

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Punctuations

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Period
Comma
Colon
Semicolon

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.

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Period

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,

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Comma

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:

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Colon

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;

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Semicolon

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It is used to end a sentence

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Period

67
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In appositives, after adverbial conjunctions, placed after the complimentary closing of a business letter and in listing, enumerating and series

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Comma

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It is placed after salutation in business letters; used to indicated that something will follow such as list or when enumerating

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Colon

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Indicates a complete pause like a period; it joins equivalent sentences in the absences of a coordinating conjunction

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Semicolon

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It has its foundation in understanding the different parts of speech and the use of each in a sentence

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Parts of Speech

71
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Hurricane Sandy caused _ damage to NYC and nearby areas

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extensive

72
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Many cultures have special ceremonies to celebrate a person’s _ of passage into adulthood

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Rite

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Och say she cannot _ our invitation to dinner tonight.

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Accep

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The announcement to employees _ is going to be delivered by the HR.

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The announcement to employees

Is

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The decision of the judges _ won by public admiration

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decision of the judges

Has

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The problem with the systems _ raised during the evaluation

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problem with the systems

Is

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The minutes of the meeting _ recorded by the secretary

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minutes of the meeting

Has

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A representative from the different team _ given acknowledgement during the conference

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representative from the different team

Has

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The issues concerning the project _ discussed by the committee

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Issues

Is

80
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A full page advertisement_ caught public attention

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full page advertisement

HAS

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The notice in all company bulletin boards _ written clearly

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Notice

Is

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Make sure that the report required by the bosses _ checked for errors

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Report

Is

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A list of the items for discussion at the summit _to be published today

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List of the items

Has

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Parts of speech

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Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Conjunctions

85
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They take the role of being the subject of the sentence

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Nouns

86
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Like nouns, they are used as sentence subject

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Pronouns

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Table of personal pronouns

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Subjective
Objective
Case possessive
Reflexive

88
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They express either action or state of being/condition

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Verbs

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They must agree with the subject of the sentence

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Verbs

90
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They are used to connect words and established relationship between ideas to create logical thought

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Conjunctions

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3 types of conjunctions

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Coordinators
Subordinators
Adverbial conjunctions

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They join items of equal grammatical structure such as independent clauses

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Coordinators

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There are only 7 coordinating conjunctions:

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For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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How was the assignment divided between Lucy and they?

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How was the assignment divided between Lucy and them?

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Do not hesitate to contact he in case of emergency

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Do not hesitate to contact him in case of emergency

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Him and his team will undergo training overseas next month

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He and his team will undergo training overseas next month

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The accountant should file their income tax return as required by the law

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The accountant should file his income tax return as required by the law

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Robert commended the new machine because you could expect increased production

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Robert commended the new machine because he could expect increased production

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The project manager has decide over the issue before calling the meeting

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The project manager has decided over the issue before calling the meeting

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The president has chose the best candidate for the position

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The president has chosen the best candidate for the position

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The applicant submitted his credentials but staff lose it

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The applicant submitted his credentials but staff lost it

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The secretary finished the report because the details are available

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The secretary finished the report because the details were available

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These are words or phrases that introduce dependent clauses

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Subordinators

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Commonly used subordinators

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If
Since
When
As 
Though
Although
Since
While
Until
Before
Whereas
Because
105
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They are also known as transition words

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Adverbial conjunctions

106
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They are used to emphasize the writer’s intention or emotion

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Adverbial conjunctions

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They prevent writer from making choppy sentences

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Adverbial conjunctions

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Examples of transitions

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Fortunately
Furthermore
In addition
Consequently
Otherwise
Thus
Hence 
However
Therefore
109
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Guidelines in Revising Sentences

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Parallel Structure
Active Voice
Active verbs over nominals
Avoid expletives

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It means putting similar sentence elements in the same form the result of which is a sentence with consistency and smooth flow

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Parallel structure

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Our instructor prepared us, tested us and he gave us advice

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Our instructor preapred, tested, and advised us

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The team leader was listening to his members’ ideas and he approved them

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The team leader listened and approved his members’ ideas

113
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A sentence constructed is shorter and more direct

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Active vouce

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It is advised if the doer/agent of the action not be mentioned

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Active voice

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An extensive diagnosis of the patient will be performed by the surgeon

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The surgeon will perform an extensive diagnosis of the patient

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The board has been given an erroneous report by the auditor

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The auditor has given an erroneous report to the board

117
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Monitoring and evaluation of employee performance should be done on a regular basis

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Do monitoring and evaluation of employee performance on a regular basis

118
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It displaces an action encouraging passive and complicated writing

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Nominals, nouns, originated as verbs

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Belief

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Believe

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Liquidation

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Liquidate

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Perception

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Perceive

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Contribution

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Contribute

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Amortization

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Amortize

124
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The accounting clerk made an early liquidation of the accounts

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The accounting clerk liquidated the accounts early

125
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The adviser has the belief that somebody in his group tries to sabotage him

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The adviser believes that somebody in his group tries to sabotage him

126
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The adviser has the belief that somebody in his group tries to sabotage him

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The adviser believes that somebody in his group tries to sabotage him

127
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IT/THERE require state-of-being verbs such as _ thus forming less active expressions

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Expletives
As
Is
Are
Seem
128
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There are more important issues that needed to be addressed

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More important issues need to be addressed

129
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It is her advocacy that women should not be discriminated

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She advocates that women should not be discriminated

130
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Journal

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Noun

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