Business Communication-Chapters 4-5

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Sentences have two main parts. These parts are ________.

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subject and predicate

Front

The _____ of a sentence is someone or something that receives the action of the verb.

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direct object

Front

An _____ is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

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adjective

Front

A compound sentence has two _____ joined by a conjunction.

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independent clauses

Front

Which of the following describes a clause that gives a complete thought and could stand alone as a separate sentence? nonrestrictive clause, independent clause, dependent clause, subordinating clause

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independent clause

Front

A(n) _____ is a type of dependent clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence.

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restrictive clause

Front

A(n) _____ is a writing error in which a participle phrase modifies nothing or the wrong person or object.

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dangling participle

Front

A sentence is written in _____ when the subject performs the action.

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active voice

Front

Pairs of words such as both/and, either/or, and rather/than are known as _______.

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correlative conjunctions

Front

An adverb is a word that ______.

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describes a verb, adjective, or clause