BUSA 250- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Business Admin
• Course: BUSA 250
• Professor: Marc Ducusin

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Avoid excessive use of nouns (all sharing same suffix and are monotonous) E. g. (cid:862) kills i(cid:374) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374), (cid:374)egotiatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d pu(cid:374)(cid:272)tuatio(cid:374). (cid:863) E. g. (cid:862)pro(cid:373)otes (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374) a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g tea(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers. (cid:863) E. g. (cid:862)fa(cid:272)ilitates a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)gages i(cid:374) tea(cid:373) dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374)s. (cid:863) Exceptions are phrases that are humourous, metaphorical, abstract, etc. Avoid all noun clusters in introductory paragraph; be concise and literal. E. g. (cid:862)ma(cid:374)(cid:455) attor(cid:374)e(cid:455)s (cid:272)harge astro(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272)al fees. (cid:863) E. g. (cid:862)the (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:373)arketi(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374) pro(cid:373)pted a sharp i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease i(cid:374) sales. (cid:863) E. g. (cid:862)audie(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:272)heered (cid:271)ut (cid:272)riti(cid:272)s disappro(cid:448)ed. (cid:863) Complex: one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. E. g. (cid:862)before she started her o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455), she had already worked for several small (cid:271)usi(cid:374)esses. (cid:863) Compound-complex: multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. E. g. (cid:862)he distri(cid:271)uted his first (cid:374)o(cid:448)el i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)tl(cid:455) o(cid:374)li(cid:374)e after three differe(cid:374)t pu(cid:271)lishers had rejected it, but it still failed to rea(cid:272)h the (cid:449)ide readership that he had sought. (cid:863) Noun clusters: a modifying phrase built around one or more nouns.