Business English Assignement

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- “According to Study.com (2003: Online), “hence is a conjunctive adverb that has the properties of both adverbs, which modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs; and conjunctions, which join parts of a sentence together. The word ‘hence' can be defined 'as a consequence' or 'for this reason'. It shows a cause and effect relationship between two parts of a sentence; ‘because this happened, hence this will now happen’.” However, in this context, the identification of the seven key competencies and leadership lessons is not a direct result of something stated anywhere in this or any other previous sentences. It is therefore superfluous in this sentence. (Correction)

- ‘Entrepreneurial’, in this context is an adjective that describes a person who takes risks to strategically establish and manage a business. This information is repeated even without the word ‘entrepreneurial’ by the subordinate clause, ‘the leaders to establish their new businesses’. However, since the use of the adjective, ‘entrepreneurial’ is exhausted throughout the paragraph; it would be more appropriate to omit the adjective and let the subordinate clause describe the same information about the noun ‘leaders’.(Correction)

- The word ‘empowered’, which is used earlier in the sentence, is the past participle and the past tense of the verb ‘empower’. The word ‘subsequently’ is an adverb that describes something in time that follows something else. In this context, ‘subsequently’ is used after ‘empowered’ and before ‘lead; it means that the events that follow the verb ‘empowered’ is connected to the events that follow the verb ‘lead’. However, the verb ‘lead is always used in the present tense and does not match the verb tense of ‘empowered’. The word ‘led’ is more appropriate since it is the past participle and past tense of the verb ‘lead’. (Correction)

- The verb ‘were’ is the plural variation of the verb ‘be’ and is used in sentences where the subject is plural or plural in form, the action or condition is completed in the past tense. In this context, the verb tenses do not match. The past tense verb ‘were’ is followed by the present tense verbs, ‘to have’ and ‘to be’. The verb ‘are’ is more appropriate since it also is the plural variation of the verb ‘be’ and is also used in sentences where the subject is plural or plural in form but the action or condition being done is in the present tense.

- The first item in the list is the noun ‘vision’ that follows the verb ‘to have’, which means to possess or own so it is appropriate to use the verb ‘to have’ with the noun ‘vision’. The other items that directly follow the first item in the list are adjectives, which are words that describe some quality of the noun. In this context, the verb ‘to have’ does make sense to lead the adjectives ‘be innovative, charismatic, proactive, creative. The verb ‘to be’ is the fundamental verb that, in this context, relates an entity to its qualities or characteristics. Unlike transitive verbs, it does not take a direct object, but a complement, since the subject and complement of the verb ‘to be’ relate to the same entity. The complement of ‘to be’ can be a noun, a noun group, an adjective, or a prepositional phrase. Placing the conjunction ‘and’ in between the verb ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ separates the actions performed by the two words on the words that follow. (Correction)

- The definition of the adjective ‘prone’, in this context, describes the ‘inclination to take strategic risks’. The verb ‘taking’ is the present participle of the verb ‘take’. “According to Your Dictionary (1996: Online), the word ‘to’ in front of a verb forms an infinitive verb. The “to” is not acting as a preposition in this case and the verb added to the ‘to’ is always just the verb. It is not conjugated in anyway – no -ed, no -ing, no -s on the end.” Therefore, in this context the word taking is incorrectly used and is replaced with ‘taking’. The second-to-last item shows the adjective ‘inclined’ used to describe the disposition of the mind to do experimentation. ‘Prepared’ is an adjective that describes the willingness to take strategic risks.

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