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7 Cards in this Set
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Identify clauses and phrases |
- A clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a predicate. - An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence. - A dependent clause cannot. - A phrase is a group of words that lacks either a subject, a predicate, or both. |
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Identify the subject of a sentence |
- The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. - You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb. - Ask the question, "Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the answer to that question is the subject. |
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Know the four levels of courtesy |
1. Polite Question: Could you please meetwith the customer this afternoon? 2. Polite order: Please meet with thecustomer this afternoon. 3. Order: Meet with the customer thisafternoon. 4. Sender-focused order: I need you to meetwith the customer this afternoon |
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Identify first-, second-, and third-person pronouns. Know when to use them |
1st - I, me, my, mine, myself (singular) our, ours, us, we, ourselves (plural) 2nd - You, your, and yours (both singular and plural) yourself (singular) yourselves (plural) 3rd - his, her, hers, it, its, himself, herself, itself (singular) they, them, their, theirs, themselves (plural) |
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Identify redundancies of language |
Words or phrases that repeat the same meaning. - By eliminating redundancies you can reduce overall word count |
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Identify overused business cliches |
- At the end of the day - Synergy - Solution - Think outside the box - Customer-centric - Do more with less - Paradigm - Incremental - Metrics - Take it offline - Redeployed People - On the runway - Win-win - Value-added - Get on the same page - Generation X - Accountability Management - Core competency - Alignment |
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“It is” and “there are” sentence intros |
- Most sentences that begin with it is or there are fail to provide a specific subject and generally contain more words than necessary. - One way of recognizing when to reword it is statements is to ask the question What does IT refer to? If you don't know the answer, your readers won't either. |
