1. 1 Matakuliah: G0374/Business Writing Tahun: September 2006 Use of English Parts of Speech Subject-verb Agreement Punctuation Some basic grammatical rules Pertemuan 3

2. 2 1.Noun 2.Pronoun 3.Adjective 4.Adverb 5.Verb 6.Preposition 7.Conjunction 8.Interjection Parts of Speech

3. 3 Subject-verb Agreement A sentence is a group words containing a complete expression of a thought or idea. A sentence should contain a subject and a verb. The verb is the part of the sentence which indicates what someone or something is doing.

4. 4 Punctuation 1.Full stop 2.Commas 3.Semi-colons 4.Colons 5.Dashes 6.Hyphen 7.Apostrophes

5. 5 Some basic grammatical rules 1.Split infinitives 2.Participles 3.Singular collective nouns 4.Prepositions 5.Either/Neither/every 6.Each 7.Shall/will 8.Should/would

6. 6 Some common errors A lot Although … but Between Bored/boring Cope Dated Discuss Equipment/furniture

7. 7 Some common errors Hair-cut Having ( a cold) Marketing Mentioned Outstation Pass/pass up Send/take Stay/live/staying/living