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November, 2008

Nov 25 2008 5:50PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — counsel or council?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, Business writing, grammar, commonly confused words, counsel/council

Which is correct?
When working in a foreign country, a savvy project manager might seek ______ from local contacts to avoid culture clash.
a. counsel
b. council

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Nov 25 2008 4:25PM GMT

Writing for Business - is/are

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

CIO, agreement, subject-verb agreement, is / are

Which is correct?

The cost of hardware, software applications and related services _______ applied specifically to the business unit that uses the technology.
a. is
b. are

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Nov 18 2008 5:53AM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — better or best?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, Business writing, adjectives, comparative/superlative, better/best

Which is correct?
If neither of the software packages is ideal, please select the one that is ______.
a. better
b. best

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Nov 17 2008 2:56PM GMT

Writing for Business - has, have

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

CIO, have, has

Which is correct?

Deployment of GPS-capable mobile devices _______ dramatically increased during the past decade.
a. has
b. have

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Nov 13 2008 1:51PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — one or more: was or were?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, Business writing, grammar, agreement, subject-verb agreement, was/were

Which is correct?
One or more errors _____ encountered during installation.
a. was
b. were

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Nov 13 2008 1:50PM GMT

Quiz: Writing for business — to hyphenate or not?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, Business writing, compound words, prefixes, hyphenation

Which is correct?

The _________ headers shipped with SuSE Linux 9.0 contain several minor bugs that could not be fixed in time.
a. precompiled
b. pre-compiled

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Nov 12 2008 12:58PM GMT

Writing for Business - slow / slowly

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

CIO, adverbs

Is your computer running _________? Disable start-up programs that you don’t use and run your anti-virus application.
a. slow
b. slowly

Answer: b

Explanation:

In spoken English, you may complain that your computer is running slow — but to be grammatically correct, you should use an adverb to describe how your computer is running.

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Nov 11 2008 3:12AM GMT