Management 3373

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Management 3373

• Absences You are allowed three absences. For
  each additional unexcused absence, I will deduct
  25 points from your total grade.

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• PUNCTUATION

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• Punctuate this sentence
• Woman without her man is a savage.
• Woman, without her man, is a savage.
• Woman without her, man is a savage.

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• Dear John I want a man who knows what love is
  all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful.
  People who are not like you admit to being
  useless and inferior. You have ruined me for
  other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings
  whatsoever when were apart. I can be forever
  happywill you let me be yours? Gloria
• Dear John I want a man who knows what love is.
  All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful
  people, who are not like you. Admit to being
  useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For
  other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings
  whatsoever. When were apart, I can be forever
  happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

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PUNCTUATION SHORTHAND

• IC (,) coord. conj. (and, or, nor, for, but, so,
  yet) IC
• DC (,) IC
• IC () IC
• IC ( ) DC

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CONSTANT RULES OF PUNCTUATION (p. 5 packet)

• Semi-colons between independent clauses not
  linked with coordinating conjunctions.
• Apostrophes with possessives except for personal
  pronouns.
• Commas and periods inside of quotation marks.
• Commas to set off parenthetical descriptions.
• Commas to set off nonrestrictive clauses.
• No commas around restrictive clauses.
• Quotation marks around the titles of articles,
  chapters, poems, and words used in a special way.
• Underlining or italicizing titles of books,
  manuals, reports, etc.

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Conservative Rules of Punctuation (p. 6 packet)

• Commas after any introductory element.
• Commas before the last item in a series of three
  or more.
• Colons at sentence-end positions, not
  mid-sentence.
• Commas between independent clauses that are
  linked with coordinating conjunctions.
• No commas between sentences with compound verbs.
• Hyphens between compound adjectives before nouns.
  No hyphens after nouns.

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• GRAMMAR

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SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT (p. 9 packet)

• Verbs must agree in number with their subjects.
• A trustee, rather than the college
  administrators, represents the institution at the
  meeting.
• All of the secretaries, as well as the manager,
  were upset at that remark.

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Either/Or Neither/Nor (p. 9 packet)

• With either/or and neither/nor, the verb should
  agree in number with the noun closest to it.
• Either Bill or his parents work in the store on
  Sunday.
• Neither the brothers nor the sister appears to be
  helpful.

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PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT (p. 9 packet)

• Pronouns must agree in number with the nouns they
  refer back to (antecedents).
• Each of the saleswomen changed her dress before
  dinner.
• Everyone was asked to leave his or her car at the
  gate.
• The children removed their jackets.

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POSSESSIVE (p. 269 BMC)

• Singular noun not ending in s or z, add an
  apostrophe and s (s). Students book
• Singular noun ending in s or z, add an apostrophe
  and s (s). Rosss car
• Regular plural noun (ends in s or es), add only
  the apostrophe (). Businesses annual reports
• Irregular plural noun (one not ending in s or
  es), add the apostrophe and s (s). Childrens
  toys

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PARALLELISM (p. 12 packet)

• Be sure items in a series or items of equal
  weight are the same part of speech.
• Three reasons why steel companies keep losing
  money are that their plants are inefficient, high
  labor costs, and foreign competition is
  increasing.
• Three reasons why steel companies keep losing
  money are inefficient plants, high labor costs,
  and increasing foreign competition.

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• The air is dirtied by factories belching smoke
  and spewing exhaust from cars.
• The air is dirtied by factories belching smoke
  and cars spewing exhaust.

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RUN-ONS AND COMMA SPLICES (p. 9-10 packet)

• Run-ons occur when two or more independent
  clauses are joined together with no punctuation
  or connectives. Run-ons can be corrected by
  separating the clauses with a period, a
  semi-colon, or with a coordinating conjunction
  preceded by a comma.
• Comma splices occur when two independent clauses
  are joined by a comma, instead of a period or
  semi-colon.
• It is important to give you this information
  there is a lien on her property.
• Philadelphia has my favorite symphony orchestra,
  New York has my favorite ballet company.

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PRONOUN CASE (p. 10 packet)

• The pronoun used will depend upon its position in
  the sentence or clause. Use a subjective pronoun
  when it is in the subject position of the
  sentence or clause use an objective pronoun when
  it is in the object position of the sentence or
  clause and use the possessive pronoun for the
  possessive.

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OR

• Take the other person out of the sentence to
  determine which pronoun to use.
• Example Sheila and (I, me) went to the concert
  together.
• Take Sheila out of the sentence. Say it the way
  you normally would.
• I went to the concert.
• Sheila and I went to the concert.

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• Example Tricia went on vacation this summer with
  Dan and (I, me).
• Take Dan out of the sentence and say it the way
  you normally would.
• Tricia went on vacation this summer with me.
• Tricia went on vacation with Dan and me.

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VAGUE PRONOUN (p. 10 packet)

• All pronouns must have clear antecedents (the
  noun the pronoun is referring to or replacing).
  Be sure your writing contains clear antecedents
  or that vague pronouns are replaced with concrete
  nouns.
• Incorrect At the job fair, they told me I needed
  to update my resume.
• Correct At the job fair, the recruiters told me
  I needed to update my resume.

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RESTRICTIVE AND NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSES (p. 11
packet)

• Clauses that are essential to the meaning of the
  sentence are called restrictive. Do not put
  commas around restrictive clauses.
• Nonrestrictive clauses contain extra information
  and are non-essential to the sentence. Put commas
  around nonrestrictive clauses.
• Restrictive The actor who attracts the most
  viewers gets a top salary.
• Nonrestrictive Dr. John Kelly, who taught math
  for 25 years, received frequent praise from
  faculty and students.

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DANGLING MODIFIERS (p. 11 packet)

• Dangling modifiers occur near the beginnings of
  sentences. The sentence often begins with a verb
  phrase, although adjectival and adverbial phrases
  can dangle also. If the phrase that begins the
  sentence is inappropriate for the subject of the
  sentence, then it is said to dangle.
• Incorrect While flying the plane, the engine
  began to sputter.
• Correct While flying the plane, the pilot heard
  the engine begin to sputter.
• Incorrect Walking up the stairs, the pencil was
  lying on the step.
• Correct Walking up the stairs, I saw the pencil
  lying on the step.

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MISPLACED MODIFIERS (p. 12 packet)

• Misplaced modifiers occur toward the middle or
  end of the sentence. They can usually be
  corrected by simply rearranging the sentence.
• Incorrect He served steak to the men on paper
  plates.
• Correct He served the men steak on paper plates.
• Incorrect Many cats are killed by automobiles
  and trucks roaming the neighborhoods.
• Correct Many cats roaming the neighborhoods are
  killed by automobiles and trucks.

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• STYLE

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EXPLETIVE (p. 14 packet)

• Expletives are words such as there are, there is,
  it is, it was, beginning a sentence or clause.
  Expletives delay the subject and add unnecessary
  words into the sentence. Try to begin sentences
  with concrete subjects.
• There are more than half a million shareholders
  who have invested in the tunnel. It is they and
  the banks that expect to profit when the tunnel
  opens to trains.
• More than half a million shareholders have
  invested in the tunnel. They and the banks expect
  to profit when the tunnel opens to trains.

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NOMINALIZATIONS (p. 12 packet)

• Nominalizations are nouns and prepositional
  phrases made from verbs. They are not inherently
  bad. However, often they can be converted back to
  verbs to create smoother, more succinct writing.
• action/act
• decision/decide
• designation/designate

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WORDINESS (p. 13 packet)

• Use smaller words, shorter sentences and
  paragraphs.
• Initiatebegin
• Terminateend
• Utilizeuse
• The committee must implement the operationalizing
  of those mechanisms and modes of activity and
  strategies necessary to maintain the viability of
  the institutions fiscal management operations.

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• The committee must take measures to ensure the
  institutions financial security.

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• ACTIVE,
• PASSIVE,
• BE

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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE (p. 14 packet)

• Active Noun action verb object.
• John ate the apple.
• Passive Noun be verb past participle
  object.
• The apple was eaten by John.
• In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is
  being acted upon rather than doing the acting.
  Too many passive sentences weaken your writing
  it literally becomes passive.
• Passive As many as 15 feet of chalk an hour
  could be chewed through by the drill.
• Active The drill could chew through as many as
  15 feet of chalk an hour.
• Use passive voice when the doer of the action is
  unknown or unimportant.

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PASSIVE VOICE (p. 14 packet)

• There are eight forms of the verb be.
• be am
• is are
• being was
• were been
• Past participles forms of verbs that usually end
  in -en or -ed, as well as many irregular
  forms.
• Present participles end in -ing. Signal active
  sentences.
• Space shuttles are launched at NASA.
• The book will be read by the class.

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BE SENTENCES (p. 14 packet)

• Noun be verb object/predicate.
• My dogs are Dobermans.
• These books are heavy.
• Santa Fe is in New Mexico.

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Active, Passive, or Be?Remember, has is NOT a
be verb! (p. 15 packet)

• Find verbs.
• Is there a be verb?
• If not, sentence has to be active.
• If so, it can be active, passive, or be.
• Is there an action verb following the be verb?
• If not, its a be sentence.
• If so, is it a past participle (most end in ed
  or en).
• If so, the sentence is passive.
• If not, the sentence is active (-ing, present
  participle).

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Active, Passive, Be Sentences

• His job responsibilities were difficult.
• Service calls after 6 p.m. will be billed at
  double the daytime rate.
• The technicians have repaired the computer
  system.
• Unfortunately, your policy cannot be renewed.
• You will be held accountable for losses in your
  area.

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• We are happy about your decision to join our
  firm.
• The president took full responsibility for his
  decisions.
• When we meet, we will be discussing next years
  plans.
• Millions of people were affected by the fall in
  oil prices.
• There are no simple solutions to this problem,
  but here are some of our alternatives.