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O B J E C T I V E S

When you have completed the materials in this chapter, you will be able to do the

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following:
• Define the eight parts of speech.
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• Recognize how parts of speech function in sentences.
• Compose sentences showing words playing more than one grammatical role.
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“Whatever your pro-

gram in college, be
sure to include Study the following sentence and identify selected parts of speech. For each word
courses in writing listed underline the correct part of speech. Compare your answers with those at the
and speaking. Man- bottom of the page.
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agers must constantly

write instructions, re- The manager and I seriously examined all programs on office computers.
ports, memos, letters,
1. and a. preposition b. conjunction c. verb d. adverb
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and survey conclu-

sions. If this comes
hard to you, it will 2. seriously a. preposition b. conjunction c. verb d. adverb
hold you back.”
3. examined a. adjective b. conjunction c. verb d. adverb
—James A. Newman
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and Alexander Roy in 4. on a. preposition b. pronoun c. noun d. adverb

Climbing the Corporate
Matterhorn 5. office a. adjective b. conjunction c. noun d. adverb

1. b 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. a

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As you learned in Chapter 1, this book focuses on the study of the fundamentals of
grammar, current usage, and appropriate business and professional style. Such a
study logically begins with the eight parts of speech, the building blocks of our lan-
guage. This chapter provides a brief overview of the parts of speech; the following
chapters will deal with these topics more thoroughly. TEACHING TIP
Explain that this
chapter is intended
merely to give stu-
THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH dents a working vo-
Learning the eight parts of speech helps you develop the working vocabulary nec- cabulary of the parts
of speech. They will
essary to discuss and study the language. You especially need to recognize the parts
not be expected to
of speech in the context of sentences. That’s because many words function in more gain in-depth knowl-
than one role. Only by analyzing the sentence at hand can you see how a given edge about the parts
word functions. of speech from this
brief overview.

Nouns
In elementary school you probably learned that nouns are the names given to per-

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sons, places, and things. In addition, though, nouns name qualities, concepts, and
activities.
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Persons: Estella, Mr. Takimoto, president, Scott

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Remind students that
no word is a part of
Places: Toledo, island, Canada, college
speech until it is used

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Things: computer, billboard, motorcycle, chair in a sentence.

Qualities: dependability, honesty, initiative

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Concepts: knowledge, freedom, friendship, happiness

Activities: skiing, surfing, management, eating

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Nouns are important words in our language. Sentences revolve around nouns HOT LINK
since these words function both as subjects and as objects of verbs. To determine
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For word lovers with

whether a word is really a noun, try using it with the verb is or are. Notice that all online connections,
the nouns listed here would make sense if used in this way: Estella is young, Toledo is check out Merriam-
Webster’s Word of
in Ohio, computers are fun, and so on. In Chapter 4 you will learn four classes of nouns
the Day feature at
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-webster.com. Each
Pronouns day editors define a
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new word, use it cre-

As substitutes for nouns, pronouns are used in our language for variety and efficiency. atively, and provide
Compare these two versions of the same sentence: fascinating word lore.

Without Pronouns: Elizabeth gave the book to Matt so that Matt could use
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the book to study.

With Pronouns: Elizabeth gave the book to Matt so that he could use it
to study.
SPOT THE BLOOPER
In sentences pronouns may function as subjects of verbs (for example, I, we, they) A high school princi-
pal quoted in The San
or as objects of verbs (me, us, them). They may act as connectors (that, which, who),
Francisco Chronicle:
and they may show possession (mine, ours, his).* Only a few examples are given here. “He had some per-
More examples along with functions and classifications of pronouns will be pre- sonal issues his
sented in Chapters 6 and 7. mother and him were
working on.”

*Words such as his, my, and its are classified as adjectives when they describe nouns (his car,
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 Verbs
Verbs express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
Jason built an excellent Web site. (Action)
STUDY TIP It has many links. (Occurrence)
To test whether a
word is truly a verb, He is proud of it. (State of being)
try using it with a
noun or pronoun,
Action verbs show the action of a sentence. Some action verbs are runs, studies, works,
such as Kim eats, she
seems, or it is. He food and fixes. Verbs that express a state of being generally link to the subject words that
doesn’t make sense describe or rename it. Some linking verbs are am, is, are, was, were, be, being, and
because food is not a been. Other linking verbs express the senses: feels, appears, tastes, sounds, seems, looks.
verb. Verbs will be discussed more fully in Chapters 8–11. At this point it is important
that you be able to recognize verbs so that you can determine whether sentences are
complete. All sentences have at least one verb; many sentences will have more than
one verb. Verbs may appear singly or in phrases.
Stacy submitted her application to become a management trainee. (Action verb)

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Her résumé is just one page long. (Linking verb)

She has been training to become a manager. (Verb phrase)

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Stacy feels bad that she will be leaving her old friends. (Linking verb and verb
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From The Wall Street
Journal comes a report
that Marshall Field’s, Adjectives
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the big Chicago re-
Words that describe nouns or pronouns are called adjectives. They often answer the
tailer, announced it
would serve hot questions what kind? how many? and which one? The adjectives in the following sen-
chocolate to “tire- tences are italicized. Observe that the adjectives all answer questions about the nouns
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some” shoppers. they describe.

Small, independent businesses are becoming numerous. (What kind of busi-
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nesses?)

We have six franchises in four states. (How many franchises? How many states?)

That chain of hotels started as a small operation. (Which chain? What kind of opera-
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tion?)

He is energetic and forceful, while she is personable and deliberate. (What pro-
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nouns do these adjectives describe?)

Adjectives usually precede nouns. They may, however, follow the words they
describe, especially when used with linking verbs, as shown in the first and last
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examples above. Here is a brief list of words often used as adjectives:

STUDY TIP bright long successful
The adjectives a, an,
and the are some- effective sensitive terrific
times called “noun
markers” because
helpless small wet
they identify or
“mark” nouns. Three words (a, an, and the) form a special group of adjectives called articles.

Adverbs
Words that modify (describe or limit) verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs are adverbs.
Adverbs often answer the questions when? how? where? and to what extent?
Today we must begin work. (Must begin when?)

James proceeded rapidly with the orders. (Proceeded how?)

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 He seemed exceedingly happy. (How happy?)

Did you see the schedule there? (Where?)

The prosecutor did not question him further. (Questioned him to what extent?)
STUDY TIP
To remember more
Here are additional examples of common adverbs:
easily what an adverb
carefully greatly rather does, think of its two
syllables: ad suggests
commercially now really that you will be
adding to or amplify-
evenly only very ing the meaning of a
verb. Hence, adverbs
Many, but not all, words ending in ly are adverbs. Some exceptions are friendly, often modify verbs.
costly, and ugly, all of which are adjectives.

Prepositions
Prepositions join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence. As the word it-

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self suggests (pre meaning “before”), a preposition is a word in a position before its
object (a noun or pronoun). Prepositions are used in phrases to show a relationship SPOT THE BLOOPER
between the object of the preposition and another word in the sentence. In the fol- The menu of a restau-

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lowing sentence notice how the preposition changes the relation of the object (Mr. rant in Columbia
Lee) to the verb (talked): [South Carolina], of-
fers “A humongous

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Kent often talked with Mr. Lee. baked potato, slightly
hallowed and
Kent often talked about Mr. Lee. stuffed.”
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Kent often talked to Mr. Lee.

The most frequently used prepositions are to, by, for, at, from, with, and of. A more
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complete list of prepositions can be found in Chapter 13. Learn to recognize objects
of prepositions so that you won’t confuse them with sentence subjects.
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TEACHING TIP
Conjunctions Emphasize that
Words that connect other words or groups of words are conjunctions. The most com- prepositions and con-
junctions are “join-
mon conjunctions are and, or, but, and nor. These are called coordinating conjunctions
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ers” or “connectors.”
because they join equal (coordinate) parts of sentences. Other kinds of conjunctions They are the glue
will be presented in Chapter 15. Study the examples of coordinating conjunctions that holds sentence
shown here: elements together.
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Koshi, Bill, and Amber are all looking for jobs. (Joins equal words.)

You may be interviewed by a personnel officer or by a supervising manager. (Joins

equal groups of words.)
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Interjections CAREER TIP

Words expressing strong feelings are interjections. Interjections standing alone are To sound busi-
followed by exclamation marks. When woven into a sentence, they are usually fol- nesslike, credible, and
lowed by commas. objective, most writ-
ers avoid interjections
Wow! Did you see the total of our bill? and exclamation
marks in business and
Oops! I forgot to send the attachment. professional messages.

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 SUMMARY
The following sentence illustrates all eight parts of speech.
Interjection Adverb Adjective Conjunction Noun Pronoun

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DID YOU KNOW? Pronoun Verb Noun Adjective Preposition


The vocabulary of

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American English is Gosh, I certainly will submit a résumé and application letter to them.
constantly growing.
Some Britishers criti- You need to know the functions of these eight parts of speech in order to under-
cize our eagerness to stand the rest of this textbook and profit from your study of language basics. The
accept new words
explanation of the parts of speech has been kept simple so far. This chapter is meant
and meanings. Prince
Charles pronounced to serve as an introduction to later, more fully developed chapters. At this stage you
American English should not expect to be able to identify the functions of all words in all sentences.
“very corrupting” and A word of caution: English is a wonderfully flexible language. As noted earlier,
to be avoided at all many words in our language serve as more than one part of speech. Notice how flex-
costs. He told the
ible the word mail is in these sentences:
British Council that
Americans tend to Our mail is late today. (Noun—serves as subject of sentence)

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“invent all sorts of
new nouns and verbs The knight’s suit of mail protected him. (Noun—serves as object of preposition)
and make words that
shouldn’t be.” Mail the letter today. (Verb—serves as action word in sentence)

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Your voice mail box is full. (Adjective—used with voice to describe box, which is the
subject of sentence)

TEACHING TIP
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Now complete the reinforcement exercises for this chapter.
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You might wish to
discuss with students
the pros and cons of
“freezing” a language.
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The French Academy,

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Business and professional people are very con- Q: What is the name of a group of initials
cerned about appropriate English usage, grammar, that form a word? Is it an abbreviation?
and style. This concern is evident in the number A: A word formed from the initial letters of an
and kinds of questions called in to grammar hot- expression is called an acronym (pronounced
line services across the country. Among the callers ACK-ro-nim). Examples: snafu from situation
are business supervisors, managers, executives, normal, all fouled up, and PIN from personal
professionals, secretaries, clerks, administrative as- identification number. Acronyms are pro-
sistants, and word processing specialists. Writers, nounced as single words and are different

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teachers, librarians, students, and other commu- from abbreviations. Expressions such as FBI
nity members also seek answers to language ques- and dept. are abbreviations, not acronyms.
tions. Notice that an abbreviation is pronounced
Selected questions and Dr. Guffey’s answers to

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letter by letter (F, B, I) while an acronym is
them will be presented in the following chapters. pronounced as a word (MADD, which stands
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understand the kinds of everyday communication
problems encountered in business and profession- Q: I saw this sentence recently in the news-
al environments.
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The original questions in our Hotline Queries scanned the arriving limousines for glit-
came from the Los Angeles Pierce College Business terati. Is glitterati a real word?
English Hotline, which is no longer in service.
A: A fairly recent arrival to our vocabulary, glit-
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More recently, questions have come from gram-

terati means “celebrities or beautiful people.”
mar hotline services across the country. You may
New words are generally considered legiti-
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download a list of grammar hotlines in the United

mate when their use is clear and when they
States and Canada at the Tidewater Community
are necessary (that is, when no other word
College Writing Center Web site at http://www
says exactly what they do). If educated indi-
.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/GH/.
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viduals begin to use such words, the words

then appear in dictionaries, and glitterati has
Q: We’re having a big argument in our of-
made it.
fice. What’s correct? E-mail, e-mail,
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email, or Email? On-line or online? Web-

site, Web site, web site, or website?
Q: Which word should I use in this sen-
tence? Our department will (disburse or
A: Initially, most people capitalized E-mail and disperse) the funds shortly.
hyphenated on-line. With increased use, how-
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ever, both of these forms have been simpli-

A: Use disburse. Disperse means “to scatter” (Po-
lice dispersed the unruly crowd) or “to distrib-
fied to forms that I recommend: e-mail and
ute” (Information will be dispersed to all
online. In my observation most publications
divisions). Disburse means “to pay out.” Per-
today are moving toward e-mail for both
haps this memory device will help you keep
noun and verb forms and online for both ad-
them straight: associate the b in disburse with
jective and adverb functions. In regard to
bank (Banks disburse money).
Web site, I recommend the capitalized two-
word form. Capitalizing Web is logical since
it is a shortened form for World Wide Web,
Q: How should I address a person who
signed a letter J. R. Henderson?
just as Net is a shortened form for the Inter-
net. You might want to check with your A: Use Dear J. R. Henderson.
company’s in-house style manual for its pre-
ferred style for all of these words.

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 Q: What’s the difference between toward Q: Should an e-mail message begin with a
and towards? salutation or some kind of greeting?
A: None. They are interchangeable in use. How- A: When e-mail messages are sent to company
ever, I recommend using the shorter word to- insiders, a salutation may be omitted. How-
ward because it is more efficient. ever, when e-mail messages travel to out-
siders, omitting a salutation seems curt and
Q: Is every day one word or two in this case? unfriendly. Because the message is more like
We encounter these problems every day. a letter, a salutation is appropriate (such as
A: In your sentence it is two words. When it Dear Courtney, Hi Courtney, Greetings, or just
means “ordinary,” it is one word (she wore Courtney). Including a salutation is also a vi-
everyday clothes). If you can insert the word sual cue to where the message begins. Some
single between every and day without altering writers prefer to incorporate the name of the
your meaning, you should be using two recipient in the first sentence (Thanks, Court-
words, as in your sentence. ney, for responding so quickly).

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 Reinforcement
Exercises Name

A. (Self-check) Complete these statements.

1. Names for persons, places, things, qualities, concepts, and activities are
a. verbs b. adjectives c. nouns d. pronouns c

2. Words that substitute for nouns are

a. adverbs b. adjectives c. interjections d. pronouns d

3. The part of speech that answers the question What kind? is a(n)
a. adverb b. adjective c. preposition d. conjunction b

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4. Words that answer the questions How and To what extent are
a. adverbs b. adjectives c. pronouns d. conjunctions a

5. Me, us, you, and she are examples of

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a. pronouns b. nouns c. adverbs d. adjectives a

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6. Quickly, sincerely, and openly are examples of
a. pronouns b. prepositions c. adverbs d. adjectives c
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7. And, or, nor, and but are
a. adverbs b. prepositions c. interjections d. conjunctions d
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8. Words that join noun or pronoun objects to other words in sentences are
a. adverbs b. prepositions c. conjunctions d. adjectives c
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B. In each of the following groups of sentences, one word is used as an adjective, as a noun, and as a
verb. For each sentence indicate the part of speech for the italicized word.
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Example: We have little time in which to make a decision. noun

Officials will time the runners in the marathon. verb

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Factory workers must punch a time clock. adjective

1. Put that desk in the corner. noun

2. Your new pickup truck corners well. verb

3. CEOs seem to prefer corner offices. adjective

4. Travelers boarded the supersonic jet in Paris. noun

5. Tony complained of jet lag when he arrived in Los Angeles. adjective

1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. d 8. c

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 6. Can businesspeople jet from Hong Kong to Honolulu in four hours? verb

7. Advertisements promised instruction from a master teacher. adjective

8. Few students can master Web design in a short course. verb

9. The pilot of a merchant ship is considered its master. noun

Write complete sentences using the word work as a noun, as an adjective, and as a verb.
Answers will vary.
10. (noun) We have a great deal of work to do.

11. (verb) Can you work overtime?

12. (adjective) That job requires a work order.

C. The italicized words in the following sentences are either prepositions or conjunctions. Write C for
conjunction or P for preposition.

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1. Technical skills are important for entry-level positions, but for P
communication skills are necessary for promotion into
but C
management.

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2. Writing good letters and e-mail messages to customers creates

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goodwill for business and professional organizations.
and C

to P
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D. Read the following sentences and, taking into account the function of each word within each sen-
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tence, identify the part of speech of each word shown. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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One e-mail message contained a virus, but it was very quickly deleted.
1. One adjective 7. but conjunction

2. e-mail adjective 8. it pronoun

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3. message noun 9. was verb

4. contained verb 10. very adverb

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5. a adjective 11. quickly adverb

6. virus noun 12. deleted verb

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Hurriedly she parked the small sports car and rapidly raced to class.
1. Hurriedly adverb 7. car noun

2. she pronoun 8. and conjunction

3. parked verb 9. rapidly adverb

4. the adjective 10. raced verb

5. small adjective 11. to preposition

6. sports adjective 12. class noun

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E. Selected verbs in the following sentences have been italicized. Use a check mark to indicate whether
these verbs are linking or action.

LINKING ACTION
VERB VERB

Example: The Chinese are major users of cell phones. ✓

1. An optimist is a person who thinks a housefly is looking for a way out. ✓

2. Control Systems, Inc., produces components for computers. ✓

3. The hotel manager selected four trainees from many applicants. ✓

4. The voice on her recorded message sounds good. ✓

5. Please deliver the computers and printers before April 4. ✓

6. The manager and the personnel director studied all job descriptions

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carefully. ✓

7. Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. ✓

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8. Sheila felt bad that too much month was left at the end of her money. ✓

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F. Hotline Review. In the space provided write the correct answer choice.
1. Only the treasurer has authority to _______ funds from our accounts.
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a. disperse b. disberse c. disburse d. dispurse c

2. Experts suggest that users check their ________ at regular intervals.

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a. Email b. E-mail c. email d. e-mail d

3. We are considering subscribing to an ________ databank to aid research.

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a. on-line b. online b

4. Police used tear gas to ________ a demonstration of striking teachers in

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Ecuador.
a. disperse b. disberse c. disburse d. dispurse a
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5. All computer files must be backed up ________ to prevent possible loss.

a. everyday b. every day c. every-day b

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a. everyday b. every day c. every-day a

7. Which of the following is an acronym?

a. NFL b. FBI c. PIN d. RSVP c

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 G. Writing Exercise. In a couple of complete sentences, explain why it is important to understand the
parts of speech for this course and later on the job. Answers will vary.
It’s important to understand how the parts of speech work so that I can talk about them in this course. On the job

it’s important to know the parts of speech so that when I look up words in a dictionary I understand how they may

function in sentences.

In a couple of sentences, explain the difference between nouns and verbs. Which do you think is
more important to a writer? Nouns name persons, places, and things. They also name qualities, concepts, and
activities. They are important because they are the subjects of sentences. Verbs show the action in a sentence. They

can also be used to link words to the subject or to rename the subject. Writers often say that verbs are more

important because they evoke feelings.

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 E D I T O R ’ S C H A L L E N G E

To develop your vocabulary skills, supply a single word for each blank in the following memo. The word
you supply should represent the part of speech shown.

Southeast Industries
Interoffice Memo

Answers will vary.

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DATE: June 4, 200x
TO: Michele Taylor, Senior Personnel Officer
FROM: Emily Lopez-Lee, Research Assistant

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SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF ARTICLE ABOUT SITUATIONAL

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located an article about the increasing use of
As you requested, I (verb) _________
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situational interviews to select (adjective) _________ employees. The article by
and
Jennifer Merritt is titled “Improv at the Interview,” (conjunction) _________ it
appeared in BusinessWeek magazine in February, 2003. You asked (pronoun)
me
_________ in
to summarize the important information (preposition) _________ this
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article. Here are some points in which I think you will be interested:
• Companies today face shareholder scrutiny, hiring slowdowns, and expense-slashing.
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person
Thus, managers cannot afford to hire the wrong (noun) _________.
• Situational (also called “behavioral”) interviews are replacing traditional interviews
because the former are thought to be more accurate in predicting performance.
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• generally involve asking the candidate to respond

Situational interviews (adverb) _________
to a typical situation. For example, the interviewer might play the role (preposition)
of
_________ a customer who was angry about an account overcharge.
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• down and talks with a

Traditional interviews in which a manager sits (adverb) _________
job prospect are only 7 percent accurate in predicting performance of (adjective)
job
_________ hand
candidates. Situational interviews, on the other (noun) _________, are
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thought to be 54 percent accurate.

appeared in BusinessWeek, I have doubts about its
Although this article (verb) _________
contention that situational interviews are replacing traditional interviews. The author did not
genuinely
provide any figures to support that view. As your research assistant, I (adverb) _________
enjoyed finding this information for you. If you would like other articles summarized, please let
me know.

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 L E A R N I N G W E B W A Y S

Many colleges and universities offer online writing 4. Click Handouts and Materials. Then scroll
labs (OWLs). These Web sites provide helpful re- down and click Complete Scroll-Down List
sources for students and businesspeople. You can of Our Handouts.
read online or download handouts providing help 5. From the list of handouts, click Parts of
with punctuation, spelling, sentence construction, Speech.
parts of speech, and writing in the job search. 6. Click Using Pronouns Clearly. Read the
handout.
Goal: To learn to use an online writing lab. 7. Print a copy. Circle three examples illustrating
incorrect use of pronouns.
1. With your Web browser on the screen, key the 8. Click Back in the upper corner of your
following URL in the location box: http://owl browser. Return to the OWL Handouts
.english.purdue.edu. Press Enter. Index.
2. Look at the Purdue University Online Writing 9. Select another topic to peruse.

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Lab (OWL) home page. 10. End your session by clicking the X box in
3. Scroll down to reveal the site’s six areas illus- the upper right corner of your browser. Turn
trated with pencil icons. Notice that a hand in your printout or send an e-mail message

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appears when you move your cursor over an to your instructor summarizing what you
For more exercises, go to the Guffey Web site.

underlined title. This indicates a hot link. learned.

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I N F O T R A C I N A C T I O N

Your instructor worries that

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grammar is boring to her stu-
article titled “Grammar That’ll Move You!” In the article the
dents. She asks you to help her
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find some way to enliven the author describes three “surefire” activities for making the
subject. She remembers reading
teaching of grammar exciting. (1) Punctuating Dialog Cards
an article about brain-based activities for teaching
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grammar. But she can’t find the article. She wants requires students to add punctuation marks with Velcro to
you to search the InfoTrac database for it. Conduct
sentences on cards. (2) Roll Out Run-Ons is an activity
a keyword search for brain-based grammar or just
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grammar. Be sure to use a keyword search and not a in which teams correct huge, zany, run-on sentences.
subject search. Once you locate the article, find three
(3) Vivid Verb Cheers is an activity in which teams write
ideas for motivating students learning grammar. In
the space provided or on a separate sheet, write a a cheer containing five to ten vivid verbs. The team then
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note to your instructor describing the ideas in com-

performs the cheer. I have printed the article for you to
plete sentences. Begin with “As you requested, I
have located . . . .” See the Editor’s Challenge exer- see how these activities can be used in classes.
cise for ideas in summarizing an article.

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Identify the parts of speech in this sentence by underlining the correct choice. Compare your answers with
those at the bottom of the page.
Greg eagerly installed two new printers in our department.
1. eagerly a. adverb b. pronoun c. preposition d. conjunction
2. installed a. adverb b. verb c. preposition d. conjunction
3. two a. verb b. pronoun c. adjective d. conjunction
4. printers a. verb b. adverb c. adjective d. noun
5. in a. verb b. adverb c. preposition d. conjunction

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B O N U S L E A R N I N G R E S O U R C E S

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See the inside cover for a complete description of these activities. Your instructor will tell you which of the
following to complete. To access any of the Web activities, go to the Guffey Student Web site at http://www
.westwords.com/guffey/students.html or http://www.meguffey.com. Click Book Support, click your
book cover, and click the appropriate activity.
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On the Web:
Web Editor’s Challenge provides a business document to be revised.
Web Interactive Chapter Review tests your knowledge of chapter concepts.
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Web Crossword Puzzle reviews chapter and builds your vocabulary.

WebCheck Reinforcement Exercises 2.1, 2.2 provide dictionary practice and
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strengthen your vocabulary.

In Your Book:
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Self-Help Exercises give you more chances to reinforce your learning.

On Your CD-ROM:
CD Study Guide (Ms. Grammar) builds your language skills.
PowerPoint Slides summarize chapter principles and include checkups.

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