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Essentials of Business Communication 8th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0324588002Essentials of Business Communication 8th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0324588002 Exercise 43
Commas 3
Review the Grammar/Mechanics Handbook Sections 2.10-2.15. Then study each of the following statements and insert necessary commas. In the space provided write the number of commas that you add; write 0 if no commas are needed. Also record the number of the G/M principle(s) illustrated. When you finish, compare your responses with those provided at the end of the book. If your answers differ, study carefully the principles shown in parentheses.
Example Management selected Meredith Jones not Ronald Lee to be the next manager.
1. "There are no gains" said Benjamin Franklin "without pains."
2. The featured speakers are Keiko Krahnke PhD and Reggie Kostiz MBA.
3. You inspected their Web site didn't you?
4. Research shows that talking on a cell phone distracts drivers and quadruples their chances of getting into accidents such as rear-ending a car ahead of them.
5. The bigger the monitor the clearer the picture.
Review Commas 1, 2, 3
6. As you may know information chips are already encoded ¡n the visas of people who need them for work travel or study in this country.
7. We think however that the new passports will be issued only to diplomats and other government employees beginning in August.
8. To fill the vacant position we hope to hire Wilma Robinson who is currently working in Virginia Beach.
9. All things considered our conference will attract more participants if it is held in a resort setting such as Las Vegas Scottsdale or Orlando.
10. If you examine the log closely you will see that we shipped 15 orders on Thursday; on Friday only 4.
11. In the past ten years we have promoted over 30 well-qua hued individuals many of whom started in accounting.
12. Nancy Rubey who spoke to our class last week is the author of a book titled The Digital Workplace.
13. A recent study of productivity that was conducted by authoritative researchers revealed that workers in the United States are more productive than workers in Europe or Japan.
14. America's secret productivity weapons according to the report were not bigger companies more robots or even brainier managers.
15. As a matter of fact the report said that America's productivity resulted from a capitalistic system of unprotected hands-off competition.
Review the Grammar/Mechanics Handbook Sections 2.10-2.15. Then study each of the following statements and insert necessary commas. In the space provided write the number of commas that you add; write 0 if no commas are needed. Also record the number of the G/M principle(s) illustrated. When you finish, compare your responses with those provided at the end of the book. If your answers differ, study carefully the principles shown in parentheses.
Example Management selected Meredith Jones not Ronald Lee to be the next manager.
1. "There are no gains" said Benjamin Franklin "without pains."
2. The featured speakers are Keiko Krahnke PhD and Reggie Kostiz MBA.
3. You inspected their Web site didn't you?
4. Research shows that talking on a cell phone distracts drivers and quadruples their chances of getting into accidents such as rear-ending a car ahead of them.
5. The bigger the monitor the clearer the picture.
Review Commas 1, 2, 3
6. As you may know information chips are already encoded ¡n the visas of people who need them for work travel or study in this country.
7. We think however that the new passports will be issued only to diplomats and other government employees beginning in August.
8. To fill the vacant position we hope to hire Wilma Robinson who is currently working in Virginia Beach.
9. All things considered our conference will attract more participants if it is held in a resort setting such as Las Vegas Scottsdale or Orlando.
10. If you examine the log closely you will see that we shipped 15 orders on Thursday; on Friday only 4.
11. In the past ten years we have promoted over 30 well-qua hued individuals many of whom started in accounting.
12. Nancy Rubey who spoke to our class last week is the author of a book titled The Digital Workplace.
13. A recent study of productivity that was conducted by authoritative researchers revealed that workers in the United States are more productive than workers in Europe or Japan.
14. America's secret productivity weapons according to the report were not bigger companies more robots or even brainier managers.
15. As a matter of fact the report said that America's productivity resulted from a capitalistic system of unprotected hands-off competition.
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