Business English for Success

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Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Preface Business English for Success is a creative solution to a common chall ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Each chapter also has integrated examples that unify the discussion and form ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Rule explanations are simplified with clear, relevant, and theme-based examp ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Chapter 1 Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence? 1.1 Sentence Writing Le ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Subjects When you read a sentence, you may first look for the subject, or wha ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Compound Subjects A sentence may have more than one person, place, or thing a ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Verbs Once you locate the subject of a sentence, you can move on to the next ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Although both sentences use the same verb, the two sentences have completely ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org The clothes still felt damp even though they had been through the dryer twic ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Subject–Verb–Adverb Subject–Verb–Direct Object When you write a sentence with ...

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Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Collaboration Find an article in a newspaper, a magazine, or online that inte ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Figure 1.1 Editing Fragments That Are Missing a Subject or a Verb ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org See whether you can identify what is missing in the following fragments. Frag ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Figure 1.2 Editing Fragments That Begin with a Preposition ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Example A Example B Clauses that start with a dependent word—such as since, b ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Once you know whether the -ing word is acting as a noun or a verb, look at th ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Figure 1.3 Editing Fragments That Begin with Gerunds ...

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org Incorrect: Taking deep breaths. Saul prepared for his presentation. Correct: ...