Chapter Summary
The tense of a verb helps to identify the time of an action or state of being. The main tenses of a verb are called the simple tenses — the present, the past, and the future. In addition to these simple tenses, there are three perfect tenses and the progressive tense to consider.

Business writers prefer to use the active voice rather than the passive voice in their written communications. Active voice means that the subject of a sentence performs the action; the passive voice means the subject receives the action.

The terms indicative, imperative, and subjunctive refer to the mood of a verb.

Chapter 10 also discusses verbals — gerunds, participles, and infinitives. Verbals are words that look like verbs but function as nouns (gerunds and infinitives), adjectives (participles and infinitives), or adverbs (infinitives).

Online Links

Online Software Sites

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com

Sun Microsystems
http://www.sun.com

Netscape Communications Corporation
http://www.netscape.com

Lotus Development Corporation
http://www.lotus.com

RealNetworks
http://www.real.com/

Software Piracy Sites

Business Software Alliance
http://www.bsa.org/usa/antipiracy/

Software & Information Industry Association
http://www.siia.net/piracy/default.asp

Microsoft Corporation Piracy Information
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/

Adobe Piracy Information
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/main.html

Borland Piracy Information
http://www.borland.com/

Bonus Exercise

Objective: Identify sentences written in either active or passive voice.

1. Visit several of the software piracy information sites.
2. Print an article about a software piracy issue.
3. Working from the printout, choose one paragraph and circle the sentences written in the passive voice.
4. Rewrite the sentences in active voice.

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