Synopses & Reviews
Written in a conversational tone, this text takes a totally new learning approach to relating business English to the workplace. Up-to-date topics of telecommunications, customer service, online references, electronic mail, and a host of other real-world subjects connect directly to an assortment of activities and exercises in grammar, punctuation, and writing. The activities in the text and online accommodate different student learning styles. All students regardless of their previous English background have the opportunity to be successful learning grammar in a business context.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Reviewing Basic Business English Concepts
Chapter 1 Resources to Improve Vocabulary, Proofreading, and Spelling
Chapter 2 Overview of Parts of Speech
Chapter 3 Sentence Development
Part 2: Reviewing Nouns and Pronouns
Chapter 4 Noun Functions and Plurals
Chapter 5 Compound and Possessive Nouns
Chapter 6 Capitalization
Chapter 7 Pronouns
Chapter 8 Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Part 3: Reviewing Verbs
Chapter 9 Verb Types and Parts
Chapter 10 Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood-Verbals
Chapter 11 Subject/Verb Agreement
Part 4: Reviewing Modifiers and Connectors
Chapter 12 Adjectives
Chapter 13 Adverbs
Chapter 14 Prepositions
Chapter 15 Conjunctions
Part 5: Reviewing Punctuation and Number Use
Chapter 16 The Period and the Comma
Chapter 17 Other Punctuation
Chapter 18 Numbers