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Grammar Exercises

35. Microsoft faces two major threats: piracy and patent lawsuits.

36. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; Satya Nadella focuses on operations.

37. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; on the other hand, Satya Nadella focuses on operations.

38. Microsoft’s American offices are in Redmond Washington, New York City, San Francisco , Birmingham Alabama, and Phoenix Arizona.

39. Cloud computing involves three possible platforms: software as-a-service (SaaS) platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).

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.”

49. Bill Gates said that he’d like to see the phrase go bing it/“go bing it” replace the phrase go google it/“go google it.”

50. At the luncheon, his speech, titled The Road to the Future/“The Road to the Future,” laid out his vision for cloud computing over the next decade.

51. In 2013, 3/three Microsoft business divisions were combined.

52. Revenues for the last fiscal year were $62,484 million/$62,484,000,000.

53. Revenues rose 28 percent/28% over the past year.

54. Microsoft employs over 89 thousand/89,000 employees.

55. Microsoft has five/5 business divisions.

56. 5/Five Microsoft divisions make up the Microsoft corporation.

57. Microsoft lost money in 3/three of the 17/seventeen product groups.

62. Microsoft joined with Accenture to create Avanade, an IT consultancy. They/It specialize/s in connecting to consumers through online platforms such as social networks.

63. Neither Yahoo! nor Microsoft has/have increased its/their market share in the search engine market for the past five years.

64. Microsoft hold/s its/their annual shareholders meeting at the corporate headquarters.

65. Every new Microsoft employee should provide copies of his/her/their Social Security card/s at the orientation.

66. The manual about computer programming tips are/is on reserve at the corporate reading room.

67. Microsoft and its competitors in the technology industry is/are constantly changing.

68. Many of Google’s HR policies are aimed at eliciting/illiciting honest feedback.

69. The advice/advise on Microsoft’s Help menu is not helpful.

70. All employees should ensure/insure that their LinkedIn pages do not contain any content contrary to the Code of Conduct.

71. This decision affects/effects every aspect of our marketing strategy.

72. Their next step is to identify how to raise enough capital/capitol for the venture.

73. She told me that the two products contain complementary/complimentary features.

74. This search engine is much more reliable than/then Google’s.

75. Sundar Pichai, CEO/ceo of Google, says that Google is ahead of its competitors in the race to develop artificial intelligence capabilities."

76. We just hired her for a Senior Developer/senior developer position.

77. Google’s headquarters are located in Silicon Valley/silicon valley.

78. The headquarters are located just West/west of Sunnyvale.

79. Please contact Eileen Chao, Communications Lead/communications lead, for additional press inquires.

80. Ms. Chao explained, “We/we will invest more than $50 million this year to research and develop artificial intelligence.”

Answer 1

The first five sentences(35-48) do not have any error and in the rest of the sentences the sentence has been corrected and the chosen word has been underlined.

Solution :

35. Microsoft faces two major threats: piracy and patent lawsuits.

36. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; Satya Nadella focuses on operations.

37. Bill Gates focuses on product development and strategy; on the other hand, Satya Nadella focuses on operations.

38. Microsoft’s American offices are in Redmond Washington, New York City, San Francisco, Birmingham Alabama, and Phoenix Arizona.

39. Cloud computing involves three possible platforms: software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).

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.”

49. Bill Gates said that he’d like to see the phrase “go bing it” replaces the phrase“go google it.”

50. At the luncheon, his speech, titled “The Road to the Future” laid out his vision for cloud computing over the next decade.

51. In 2013, three Microsoft business divisions were combined.

52. Revenues for the last fiscal year were $62,484 million

53. Revenues rose 28 % over the past year.

54. Microsoft employs over 89,000 employees.

55. Microsoft has five business divisions.

56. Five Microsoft divisions make up the Microsoft corporation.

57. Microsoft lost money in three of the seventeen product groups.

62. Microsoft joined with Accenture to create Avanade, an IT consultancy. It specializes in connecting to consumers through online platforms such as social networks.

63. Neither Yahoo! nor Microsoft has increased its market share in the search engine market for the past five years.

64. Microsoft holds its annual shareholders meeting at the corporate headquarters.

65. Every new Microsoft employee should provide copies of their Social Security card at the orientation.

66. The manual about computer programming tips is on reserve at the corporate reading room.

67. Microsoft and its competitors in the technology industry are constantly changing.

68. Many of Google’s HR policies are aimed at eliciting honest feedback.

69. The advice on Microsoft’s Help menu is not helpful.

70. All employees should ensure that their LinkedIn pages do not contain any content contrary to the Code of Conduct.

71. This decision affects every aspect of our marketing strategy.

72. Their next step is to identify how to raise enough capital for the venture.

73. She told me that the two products contain complementary features.

74. This search engine is much more reliable than Google’s.

75. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, says that Google is ahead of its competitors in the race to develop artificial intelligence capabilities."

76. We just hired her for a Senior Developer position.

77. Google’s headquarters are located in Silicon Valley

78. The headquarters are located just West of Sunnyvale.

79. Please contact Eileen Chao, Communications Lead, for additional press inquires.

80. Ms. Chao explained, “We will invest more than $50 million this year to research and develop artificial intelligence.”