Business writing

Capitalization and organizations

Which is correct? Applications for project funding must be received at the headquarters of the Philanthropic Foundation by December 11. The ________ reviews applications for funding in January. a. Foundation b. foundation

Supposedly vs. supposably

Which is correct? Although data warehousing was ________ going to be a panacea for enterprise data problems, things haven't worked out that way. a. supposedly b. supposably

“Where” vs. “in which”

Which is correct? The risk assessment guidelines for school buses addressed traffic conditions _______ small and...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend December 2, 2009  9:06 PM Less or fewer than 40 percent? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Business writing, CIO, grammar, less or fewer, percentages, Quiz Which is correct? If ____ than 40 percent of the households in your area have broadband service, you're in an underserved area. a. less b. fewer       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend December 2, 2009  3:11 PM Faster or fastest? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore adjectives, adverbs, Business writing, CIO, comparative and superlative, faster or fastest, grammar, Quiz Which is correct? The _______ of the two drives was causing shoe-shining. a. faster b. fastest Continued »       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 30, 2009  6:05 PM Backup vs. back up Posted by: Ivy Wigmore backup, backup vs. back up, Business writing, CIO, compound words, grammar, Quiz Which is correct? If you don't _______ your data effectively, you risk losing it. a. backup b. back up Continued »       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 25, 2009  1:57 PM Till or ’til? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore apostrophes, Business writing, CIO, commonly misspelled words, grammar, Quiz, robots, till or 'til, writing Which is correct? Because time is limited, please hold your questions ____ after the robot demonstration. a. till b. 'til Continued »       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 23, 2009  2:16 PM “Compared with” vs. “compared to” — is there a difference? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Business writing, CIO, compared to vs. compared with, grammar, Quiz, word choice Which is correct? When compared ____ the high-performance computers of twenty years ago, current PCs seem like supercomputers. a. with b. to       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 20, 2009  1:14 PM Writing dates correctly Posted by: Ivy Wigmore AP style, Business writing, CIO, commas, dates, dates and punctuation, grammar, Quiz, writing dates correctly Which is correct? Alexander Popov first demonstrated the use of an antenna to transmit and receive radio waves in ____________. a. March 1896 b. March, 1896       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 19, 2009  12:32 PM Subject – verb agreement Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Business writing, CIO, grammar, Quiz, subject-verb agreement Which is correct? The increasing proliferation of Internet-connected devices _____ that more people are choosing wireless technology for home networks. a. means b. mean       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend PREV...891011121314151617...30...NEXTLAST About This Blog Is your grammar as good as your code? 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