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October, 2008

Oct 31 2008   7:17PM GMT

Writing for Business - active voice / passive voice



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CIO, active voice / passive voice
computer_lab.jpg Which is correct?

After I made an image, ________________
a.  the new machines were cloned.
b. I cloned the new machines.

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Oct 30 2008   6:26PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — commas and semicolons



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Quiz, Business writing, commas, punctuation, semicolons, commas/semicolons
Which is correct?
The office was reduced to a ________ employees worked a lot of very long shifts.
a. skeleton crew,
b. skeleton crew;

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Oct 30 2008   12:41PM GMT

Writing for Business - different than/from



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CIO, different than/from
data_center.jpg Which is correct?

Our plan for client virtualization is somewhat different __________ our plan for server virtualization.
a. than
b. from

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Oct 28 2008   4:30PM GMT

Writing for business - flair / flare



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CIO, flair / flare
jobs.jpg Which is correct?

With his usual ________ for publicity, Steve Jobs upstaged the world’s largest electronics trade fair with new products aimed squarely at the consumer market.
a. flare
b. flair

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Oct 28 2008   1:31PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — who or that?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capacity planning, CIO, Business writing, who / that
calendar.jpg Which is correct?
The successful capacity planner is one ___ makes trade-offs between present and future expenditures.
a. who
b. that

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Oct 22 2008   8:01PM GMT

Writing for Business - I / me



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CIO
meeting.jpg Which is correct?

Stealth layoffs? I think this is a matter for you and _______ to decide.
a. I
b. me

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Oct 22 2008   7:52PM GMT

Writing for Business - our / our’s



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
our / our's
piggybank.jpg Which is correct?

After they had exhausted their department’s contingency budget, they wanted to tap into ______.
a. our’s
b. ours

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Oct 22 2008   7:19PM GMT

Writing for Business - neither is / are



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
technology, agreement
laptop1.jpg Which is correct?

Neither of the software applications _____ backwards compatible.
a. is
b. are

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Oct 22 2008   10:28AM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — since or because?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Quiz, Business writing, grammar, since/because
raid.jpg Which is correct?
The project impact analysis found that _______ RAID implementation increased the mean time between failures, there was greater fault tolerance.
a. because
b. since

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Oct 21 2008   10:41AM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — parentheses and periods



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Quiz, Business writing, grammar, punctuation, parentheses
parentheses.jpg Which is correct?
Test coders will develop scenarios and exercises to test new code _________________
a. (after each unit is written).
b. (after each unit is written.)

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