Business Communication Developing Leaders for a
Networked World,2024(5e) By Peter Cardon
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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Developing Leaders for a Networked World (5e)
By Peter W. Cardon
Appendix A:
Punctuation, Number Usage, and Grammar
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,Solutions to Application Exercises
In these suggested approaches and solutions, you’ll find key points to look for in students’ responses.
Directions: Place commas and other punctuation marks throughout these passages
wherever needed, and name the rule that applies.
Example: To develop supply chain software and services Microsoft partnered with Infosys.
Answer: To develop supply chain software and services, Microsoft partnered with Infosys.
(C7)
Comma Exercises
1. Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were childhood friends, founded Microsoft in 1975. Bill
met Steve Ballmer, who would later become the CEO of Microsoft, at Stanford. (C1)
2. Bill Gates met the man who would later become the CEO of Microsoft at Stanford. (C1)
3. The two technology companies that consistently have the most brand value are
Microsoft and Google. (C1)
4. In fact, they consistently showed high profits during the recent recession. (C2)
5. Microsoft and Google, the two companies that consistently have the most brand value,
showed high profits during the recession. (C2)
6. To hire Qi Lu as the new president of the Online Services Division was a masterful move
by Microsoft. (C10)
7. Microsoft enjoys almost limitless advantages in terms of research and development
budgets. (C10)
8. Steve Balmer took a smooth, methodical approach to developing the five-year strategy.
(C6)
9. Microsoft, from my perspective, gained its market dominance through anti-competitive
practices. (C2)
10. Microsoft Word, if you’re looking for maximum functionality in your word processing,
far outperforms Google Docs. (C2)
11. Microsoft Word far outperforms Google Docs if you’re looking for maximum
functionality in your word processing. (C10)
12. Steve Ballmer, CEO from 2000 to 2014, was a college classmate of Bill Gates. (C2)
13. MS-DOS, an operating system developed initially for IBM personal computers, became
Microsoft’s first major success. (C2)
14. As a result, Bill Gates moved the headquarters to Washington. (C3)
15. Bill Gates gave up the CEO position in 2000, but he remained active at Microsoft by
taking a position as chief software architect. (C4)
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, 16. In the early years of Microsoft, Bill Gates spent most of his time conducting business but
also stayed involved in programming. (C7)
17. Microsoft’s product categories include operating systems, server applications,
information worker productivity applications, business solution applications, high-
performance computing applications, and software development tools. (C5)
18. In 2008 Microsoft acquired Calista Technologies, Kidaro Rapt, Fast Search & Transfer,
Navic Networks, and DATAllegro. (C5)
19. Most people who know Bill say that he is a stubborn, determined executive. (C6)
20. After Bill moved to management roles, he still read and approved most of the code
developed for MS-DOS. (C7)
21. Under the new set of human resources guidelines, all Microsoft employees must declare
whether or not they are smokers. (C7)
22. Prior to joining the Microsoft team in 2009, Dr. Lu had worked at Yahoo! for 10 years.
(C7)
23. By acquiring competitor companies, Microsoft gains new customers, new technology,
and new ideas. (C7, C5)
24. Often Microsoft acquires competitor companies. (C7)
25. In July Bill Gates said that he would no longer focus on the day-to-day business activities
at Microsoft. (C7)
26. In 1980 IBM agreed to let Microsoft develop an operating system for one of its lines of
personal computers. (C7)
27. IBM agreed to let Microsoft, starting in 1980, develop an operating system for one of its
lines of personal computers. (C2)
28. The new Microsoft Office Suite will go on sale in July. (C8)
29. The new Microsoft Office Suite will go on sale in July 2015. (C8)
30. The new Microsoft Office Suite will go on sale on July 15, 2015. (C8)
31. If you purchase the new Microsoft Office Suite between July 15, 2015, and January 15,
2016, you will receive a $100 rebate. (C8)
32. Microsoft employs more than 89,000 employees. (C10)
33. The ED division develops and produces products such as the Xbox 360, third-party
games, and the Zune digital music and entertainment platform. (C5)
34. Steve Ballmer recently resigned as CEO of Microsoft. He is now the owner of the Los
Angeles Clippers. (C10)
Semicolon, Colon, and Comma Exercises
35. Microsoft faces two major threats: piracy and patent lawsuits. (Co1)
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, 36. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; Satya Nadella focuses on
operations. (S1)
37. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; on the other hand, Satya
Nadella focuses on operations. (S2)
38. Microsoft’s American offices are in Redmond, Washington; New York City; San
Francisco; Birmingham, Alabama; and Phoenix Arizona. (S3)
39. Cloud computing involves three possible platforms: software-as-a-service (SaaS),
platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). (Co1, C5)
Dash and Hyphen Exercises
40. Microsoft Office, the leading business software for over two decades, takes a research-
based approach to identifying new markets. (C2; H2)
41. Microsoft’s spreadsheet software, Excel, is preferred by engineers, economists, and
statisticians due to the well-known statistical functions. (C2; C5; H1)
42. Microsoft’s strategy will likely produce positive results over the long term. (H1)
43. Managers say the break-even point is around $50 million. (H1)
44. In the short run Microsoft would like to increase its market share in the search engine
market. (H1)
45. Microsoft has a short-run goal to increase its market share in the search engine market.
(H1)
46. Microsoft’s investment-based approach to research and development ensures that it
produces highly applied results. (H1, H2)
47. Because Microsoft has adopted an approach to R&D that is investment based, it tends
to produce results that are highly applied. (H1)
Directions: For each set of choices below (separated by slashes), choose the correct answer
and name the rule that applies.
Example: Microsoft has a presence in over one hundred/100 countries.
Answer: 100. (N2)
Italics and Quotation Mark Exercises
48. The recent story about Microsoft in The Wall Street Journal/“The Wall Street Journal”
was called Microsoft’s Gamble on Cloud Computing/“Microsoft’s Gamble on Cloud
Computing.” (I3, Q3)
49. Bill Gates said that he’d like to see the phrase to go bing it/“go bing it” replace the
phrase go google it/“go google it.” (I1)
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