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September, 2008

Sep 30 2008 1:38PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — whose or who’s

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Quiz, Business writing, grammar, commonly confused words

Which is correct?
_____ performance review is scheduled for three o’clock?
a. Who’s
b. Whose

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Sep 29 2008 12:20PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — breach or breech?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Quiz, Business writing, grammar, breach/breech, commonly confused words

Which is correct?
In the aftermath of a security ________, most corporations develop best practices to prevent a recurrence.
a. breach
b. breech

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Sep 25 2008 3:50PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — sesquipedalian excess

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

sesquipedalian excess

Which is preferable?

We need to _________________________.
a. develop some impactful, leverageable synergies around our initiatives to monetize our user base and give our revenue stream some traction and lift.
b. find some creative ways to make money.

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Sep 24 2008 10:04PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — averse or adverse

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Quiz, Business writing, grammar, averse/adverse

Which is correct?
In the current economic environment, investors are increasingly ______ to risk.
a. averse
b. adverse

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Sep 24 2008 12:38PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — which / that

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

Business writing

Which is correct?

The latest version of the server has a hypervisor _________ is embedded within the core system firmware.
a. which
b. that

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Sep 23 2008 11:49AM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — amount or number?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Business writing, grammar, amount/number, quantities

Which is correct?
The CEO refused to speculate about the ________ of new employees that would be hired for the project.
a. amount
b. number

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Sep 22 2008 1:21PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business - as good or better than

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

Quiz, grammar, comparisons, as good or better than

Which is correct?
Performance in the third quarter is expected to be ___________ it was in the second quarter.
a. as good as or better than
b. as good or better than

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Sep 19 2008 12:52PM GMT