Explain why employers look for various traits in job applicants, including reliability, initiative, and flexibility.

Explain why employers look for various traits in job applicants, including reliability, initiative, and flexibility. What strengths would you name and why? Be sure to express these strengths as nouns.

Discussion Topic 2: Many English nouns are borrowed from other languages, including those listed in Level 3 of this chapter. Select five foreign nouns that do not appear on this list and share the following information with your classmates: the singular form, the plural form (traditional and English forms, if applicable), and the language from which the noun was borrowed.
Discussion Topic 3: Practice making your own name possessive. Write four complete sentences showing your name in these formats: singular, singular possessive, plural, plural possessive. (Remember that you must add the word the before your last name to make it plural.) Share your sentences with your classmates. Be prepared to give them feedback on their sentences.

Discussion Topic 4: The apostrophe is one of the most frequently misused punctuation marks. Find an example of a misused apostrophe in a newspaper or magazine article, on a sign in your neighborhood, or online. Share the error with your classmates. Be sure to explain why the apostrophe has been misused, and provide a corrected version.

Discussion Topic 5: Some individuals believe that the apostrophe should be abolished from the English language. Do a Google search using the search term abolish apostrophe to located websites and blog entries devoted to this topic. Review several sites and then decide how you feel about this issue. Should we abolish the apostrophe in English? Why or why not? Share your thoughts with your classmates, and be sure to defend your position.

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