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Business Prep & Con
Prepositions and Cojunctions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A preposition is always followed by... | a noun or pronoun |
| The object of the preposition is ... | a noun or pronoun and is the last word in the phrase. |
| Agree - reach a mutal understanding | "agree on or upon" Ex: they agreed upon a solution to the problem |
| agree - accept another's plan | "agree to" Ex: I agreed to the offer from Wilson Associates |
| Agree - with someone | "agree with" Ex: I agreed with Kyle |
| Angry - person | "Angry with" Ex: Is Thuy still angry with us for delaying the project? |
| Angry - a thing | "angry at" Ex: Both of us were angry at the copier because we lost so much time |
| Angry - condition | "angry about" Ex: everyone was angry about the trash the contractors left behind |
| Different than or different from? | different from |
| identical with or identical to | identical with |
| plan to do something or plan on doing smething? | plan to do something |
| retroactive to or retroactive from? | retroactive to |
| try to do something or try and do something? | try to do something |
| a) besides b) beside | a)" in addition to" or "except" Ex: Besides pads and pencils, what other supplies will we need for the meeting? b)"by the side of" Ex: Place these beside the bookcase |
| a) inside b) outside | Do NOT use "of" after inside or outside. |
| a) all b) both | After all or both use "of" only when all or both is followed by a pronoun. Omit of if either word is followed by a noun. Ex: All of us will need to work overtime to ready all these packages for mailing. |
| At, To; In, Ino | At and in indicate position. To and into signify motion. |
| Behind, in Back of | Use behind, NOT in back of. However, in front of is correct. Ex: I sat behind Jim while Kelly display the products in front of him |
| From, off | Use from when referring to persons or places. Use off when refering to things. Do NOT use either "of" or "from" with the word off. |
| Of, Have | Do NOT use "should of". Use "should have" |
| Help, Help from | Do NOT use the word "from" after the word "help" in a sentence. Ex: I could not help being late. |
| Opposite, Opposite to | Do NOT use "to" after "opposite" Ex: The new mall will be built opposite our house |
| Define conjunction | a word that join sentences or parts of sentences. Ex: and, but, or, and nor |
| Similar grammatical elements | two or more words, phrases, or clauses. |
| Correlative conjunctions | Use to connect similar grammtical. Ex. (both...and)(not only...but also)(either...or)(neither...nor)(whether...or) |
| What does parallel mean? | similar or equal |
| What does parallelism mean? | parallel structure |
| Use (blank) to join and contrast two elements | but, NOT "and". Ex: I called you, but you were not there |
| "The reason is (blank) | That, NOT "because" |
| Is it "pretend that" or "pretend like" | pretend that |
| NO such thing as "being that". Instead use (blank) | "because" or "since" |
| Use "as" "as though" or "as if" when a conjunction is needed, not (blank) | like |
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