2.11 Punctuation
9 Practice A
(a) The study was carried out by Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang of the World Bank.
(b) Professor Rowan’s new book ‘The Triumph of Capitalism’ is published in New York.
or
Professor Rowan’s new book The Triumph of Capitalismis published in New York.
(c) As Keynes said: ‘It’s better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.’
(d) Three departments, Law, Business and Economics, have had their funding cut.
(e) As Cammack (1994) points out: ‘Latin America is creating a new phenomenon; democracy
without citizens.’
(f) Thousands of new words such as ‘app’ enter the English language each year.
(g) In 2005, France’s per-capita GDP was 73% of America’s.
(h) She scored 56% on the main course; the previous semester she had achieved 67%.
10 Practice B
The London School of Business is offering three new courses this year: Economics with
Psychology, Introduction to Management and e-commerce. The first is taught by Dr Jennifer
Hillary and runs from October to January. The second, Introduction to Management, for
MSc. Finance students is offered in the second semester, and is assessed by coursework only.
Professor Wang’s course in e-commerce runs in both the autumn and the spring, and is for
more experienced students.
2.12 Singular or Plural?
1 Five areas of difficulty
(a)... and disadvantages (v)
(b) are under 30 (i)
(c) rural areas (iii)
(d)... in crime (ii)
(e) Each company has its own policy (iv)
4 Practice A
(a) Little
(b) businesses
(c) experience/is
(d) travel broadens
(e) much advice
(f) few interests