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January, 2009

Jan 30 2009 3:28PM GMT

Writing for Business - apostrophes in academic degrees?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

academic degrees, apostrophes, CIO, Business writing, Quiz

Which is correct?
The successful candidate will have a ___________ in Communications.
a. master’s degree
b. masters degree

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Jan 27 2009 8:43PM GMT

Writing for Business - titles and capitalization

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, titles, capitalization, Business writing, Quiz

Which is correct?
The ______, Barack Obama, is actively exploring the potential of open source software for government use.
a. President
b. president

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Jan 27 2009 8:08PM GMT

Writing for business - busing or bussing?

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

spelling, Business writing, busing or bussing, CIO

Which is correct?
We will be ______ employees from the office to the convention.
a. busing
b. bussing

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Jan 27 2009 12:14PM GMT

Writing for business - numbers and dimensions

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

CIO, numbers, dimensions, Business writing

Which is correct?

The hiring manager has a stack of resumes ______ high.
a. 2 feet
b. two feet

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Jan 25 2009 5:35PM GMT

Writing for Business — plural dates

Posted by: Ivy Wigmore

apostrophes, dates, decades, CIO, Business writing

Which is correct?

Arthur L. Samuel of IBM’s Watson Research Center coined the term personal computer in the _____.
a. 1960’s
b. 1960s

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Jan 22 2009 1:48AM GMT

Writing for Business - introductory phrases

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

misplaced modifiers, commas, introductory phrases

What’s wrong with this sentence?

Once infected, the worm turns off Windows Update services, thereby preventing the machine from obtaining the very patch that would have prevented the initial exploit.

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Jan 19 2009 6:42PM GMT

Writing for Business - Comma abuse

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

compound predicates, commas

The new and improved Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings _________________ getting a lot of attention.

a. look a lot different than they used to, and are

b. look a lot different than they used to and are

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Jan 19 2009 4:58PM GMT

Writing for Business - liable, libel

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

libel, CIO, Business writing, commonly confused words, spelling

Which is correct?

The jury found the student __________ after reviewing evidence that his IP address and cable modem identifier were used to share over 2,000 files.
a. libel
b. liable

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Jan 13 2009 7:24PM GMT