... payment
UCP 600. For Road, Rail and Inland Waterway the transport document can indicate the
date of receipt for shipment, dispatch or carriage (UCP 600 Article 24). For Courier and
Post, a courier ... transaction can be quite complex and has been
standardized by a set of rules published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
under the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP). ... to G and headed in turn: General Provisions and
Definitions, Form and Notification of Credits, Liabilities and Responsibilities, Documents,
Miscellaneous Provisions, Transferable Credit and...
... neighbor.
Plural Nouns
Nouns have a singular form and a plural form.
The singular is the form that means only one:
boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc.
The plural is the form that means more than one:
boys, ... single rule for forming the
plural of nouns; there are several. If you memorize the rulesand do the exercises carefully,
you will be well on your way to spelling plurals correctly.
Rule 1. For most ... are better than tapes.
DVDs are better than tapes.
8. Marlo could have scored the winning run.
Alex could have scored the winning run.
9. A sensible diet is good for us.
Exercise is good for...
... gently
toward his chin. Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that it
was a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by about
forty similar creatures. So loud did Gulliver roar in ... SPEECH
Forming Adverbs from Adjectives
I. Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective.
ADJECTIVE ADVERB
skillful + ly = skillfully
brave + ly = bravely
In some cases, however, as in II and ... the
adjective before adding ly.
II. If an adjective ends in ic, add al before adding ly.
basic + al + ly = basically
terrific + al + ly = terrifically
III. If an adjective ends in y, change the y to i and...
... the para-
graph that the things for which we stand in line are not too important,
and it suggests that there are better uses for the time wasted standing in
line.
Choice 4, building on a hint in ... paragraph and should be
removed.
UNITY IN THE PARAGRAPH 235
Lesson
29
Unity in the
Paragraph
Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para-
graph that the things for which ... (S3)
fine time for playing hockey and walking (S4)
season when I feel best and most energetic (S5)
S6 (the clincher sentence) repeats the thought of the topic sentence in different words
and with greater...
... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too.
EXERCISE 2.
Find the pronoun (
PRON
.) and its antecedent (
ANTECED
.), and write
them in the spaces at the right.
Samples:
Sandra said ... audience.
S.
D.O.
2. Have some yogurt and fruit. V.
S.
D.O.
3. Are the snow and ice melting? V.
S.
D.O.
4. The World Wide Web and television V.
provide information and entertainment.
S.
D.O.
5. Jonathan ... troublesome?
Answer:
Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they are
used in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns
stand for do not change.
For example, take the noun George....
... is predicted.
Did Terry and Mallika agree with you?
1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next to
each other.
Terry and Mallika
Rain or snow
Here are the singular and plural forms of a few more nouns.
SINGULAR ... single rule for forming the
plural of nouns; there are several. If you memorize the rulesand do the exercises carefully,
you will be well on your way to spelling plurals correctly.
Rule 1. For most ... neighbor.
Plural Nouns
Nouns have a singular form and a plural form.
The singular is the form that means only one:
boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc.
The plural is the form that means more than one:
boys,...
... connects the
and .
1. We were warm and comfortable.
The conjunction connects the
and .
2. The meal was delicious but cheap.
The conjunction connects the
and .
3. Jim called at noon and in the ... win and lose.)
4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun:
You and she are always on time.
PRON. CONJ. PRON.
(The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and she.)
Alex and ... are and, but, and or.
What Kinds of Work Do Conjunctions Do?
1. A conjunction connects nouns:
Milk and cheese are dairy products.
N. CONJ. N.
(The conjunction and connects the nouns milk and...
... Spelling Rules
These following simple rules can help you to spell a great many words correctly.
1. Ei, Ie. Put i before e except after c, or when sounded like a as in neighbor and
weigh.
i before ... return of the king
3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise
4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix
5. fourth of july holiday 10. fire island national seashore
218 COMMON ... Final E Before Vowel. Drop silent e before a suffix beginning with a vowel.
admire
/
able, argue
/
ing, large
/
est, enclose
/
ing, scarce
/
ity
EXERCISE 5.
Fill in the missing letters, and write...
... both.
Plurals of Nouns
Rules for forming plural nouns were given in Lessons 4 (pages 28–34) and 10 (page
63) in Part One. You may wish to review these before trying your hand at Exercises 1
through ... extensively discussed adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs
(Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs are
formed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch ... The first is forming plurals. The second is forming possessives. When you have to
form plural possessives, you are faced with both problems. This lesson provides some ex-
tra practice for both.
Plurals...
... pronouns are paired. Your choice in a sentence would be between I and
me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object.
I watched the Bears game Monday night.
(I is the ... Mollie and me (not I). Mollie and me form a
compound indirect OBJECT.
Go with Maura and him (not he) to the flea market.
Say:
Go with Maura.
Go with him.
Go with Maura and him (not he). Maura and ... pen pal in Bosnia wrote a long letter to Karin and (I, me).
19. We saw Marisol and (he, him) in the stands at the baseball game.
20. (Him and I, He and I) went on a rafting trip on the Nantahala...
... invitations.
9. When buses are delayed, students are usually late
for school.
10. Disneyland and Hollywood are popular places to
visit in California.
EXERCISE 6.
Combine each pair of sentences to make ... he
care for spinach. (To identify subject and
verb, mentally arrange the sentence in sub-
ject-verb order: “he does care for spinach.”)
EXERCISE 2.
Combine each pair of sentences to form a good ... SUBJECT
: Cindy and Jeffrey smiled.
COMPOUND VERB
: Cindy smiled and laughed.
COMPOUND SUBJECT
AND VERB
: Cindy and Jeffrey smiled and laughed.
EXERCISE 1.
Each numbered line consists of two sentences....
... ___________________.
L.V.
4. Ice becomes ___________________.
L.V.
5. Rembrandt and Picasso were ___________________.
L.V.
6. Iceland and Greenland are ___________________.
L.V.
In the exercise you have just ... farm-
house, and we called to them in a friendly way, but they were watchful
and suspicious.
Answer:
Eight.
EXERCISE 3.
For each singular noun below, write (a) the plural and (b) the letter of
the rule for ... can be tricky, too. They change form depending on how they are used—as sin-
gular, plural, or possessive nouns. On the next page is a summary of the rulesfor forming
plurals of nouns.
must have...
... strong forehand, and he or she
must have a dependable backhand.
2. The forty-first president of the United States, George H. Bush, is the father of the
forty-third president, George W. Bush, and ... checked the bus schedule for the time of departure from Orlando and when the
bus arrives at Tampa.
b. I checked the bus schedule for the time of departure from Orlando and time of
arrival at Tampa.
2. ... with potato chips, and an
apple for lunch.
b. For lunch, I ordered a cheese sandwich, a bag of potato chips, and an apple.
5. a. Liv had accepted Joel’s invitation to the dance, and she changed...
... waiting for us.
The predicate is
Was Andy angry?
QUESTION
1: About whom is the sentence asking something?
ANSWER
: Andy.
The subject is Andy.
QUESTION
2: What is the sentence asking about Andy?
ANSWER
: ... the road, and smashed into a telephone pole.
(Skidded, left, and smashed express physical action.)
2. Verbs that express mental action—action that takes place in the mind and
therefore cannot ... You would probably say:
It doesn’t matter.
In informal conversation, we tend to use contractions. For example, we combine does
with not, forming the contraction doesn’t.
Note that not, the...