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Modifiers and connectors

Unit 1: Grammar and Writing MechanicsTopic 4 of 5
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What the syllabus expects

  • Modifiers
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions

Modifiers and connectors

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 1: Grammar and Writing Mechanics

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of modifiers and connectors.
  • Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

  • Modifiers
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Modifiers

    1. Adjectives, adverbs and modifying phrases.
    2. Placement for accurate meaning.
    3. Misplaced and dangling modifiers.

  2. Connecting ideas

    1. Prepositions showing time, place and other relationships.
    2. Coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions.
    3. Choose connectors that express the intended relationship.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 12-13.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.