October 14, 2009 4:30 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
first person singular,
grammar,
me/myself/I,
personal pronouns,
pronouns,
QuizNote:The following first appeared on Turner Ink
Myself abuse is rampant online and nowhere more so than in business communications. My fond hope is that the...
October 9, 2009 5:07 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
grammar,
Quiz,
spelling,
Web site or websiteWhich is correct?
According to COPPA, _________ must require parental consent for the collection or use of any personal information of young site users.
a. Web sites
b. websites
October 7, 2009 8:50 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
adjectives,
adverbs,
Business writing,
CIO,
easier vs. more easily,
grammar,
parts of speech,
QuizWhich is correct?
When a firewall uses static packet inspection, an attacker can get through the filter _______.
a. easier
b. more easily
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October 7, 2009 2:14 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
colons and semicolons,
grammar,
introducing lists,
punctuation,
QuizWhich is correct?
A bar code symbol typically consists of five _____ a quiet zone, a start character, data characters, a stop character and another quiet zone.
a. parts:
b. parts;
October 5, 2009 12:56 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
commas,
grammar,
punctuation,
Quiz,
serial commaWhich is correct?
Degaussing is used for a wide and disparate variety of items including ship hulls, _______ and CRT television sets and computer monitors.
a. storage media
b. storage media,
October 2, 2009 2:02 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
commas,
commas to set off occupations,
grammar,
punctuation,
QuizWhich is correct?
Bookmarklets are just one of the Web-related interests of ____________ Steve Kangas.
a. the mathematician,
b. the mathematician
October 1, 2009 2:19 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
commonly misused expressions,
grammar,
homophones,
QuizWhich is correct?
According to some experts, RATs are the most dangerous creatures to _________________
a. come down the pipe.
b. come down the pike.
September 30, 2009 4:41 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
commas,
grammar,
including,
punctuation,
Quiz,
such asWhich is correct?
We have received expressions of concern about wiretap Trojans from various _________ the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Privacy Coalition.
a. groups, including
b. groups including
September 29, 2009 5:23 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing,
CIO,
collective nouns,
grammar,
Quiz,
subject-verb agreementWhich is correct?
As the prevalence of VoIP increases, so ____ the number of attempts to exploit it.
a. do
b. does
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