The "non-compete" clause New Thesis: In society today the "non-compete" clause has gained more and more publicity. In certain industries the non-compete clause is essential to protect employers investments in their personnel. A fine example of this is in the radio industry in Florida. In 1987‚ the Florida appeals court reexamined a case where disc jockeys had signed a letter of agreement with a rival station during the prohibition period of their non-compete agreement. The disc jockeys
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The government is always expanding in many ways‚ but what justifies them to do so? The Necessary and Proper Clause can both support such decisions‚ or reject them. These Clauses are explained in the Constitution. It says that‚ “The Congress shall have Power …To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers‚ and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States‚ or in any Department or Officer thereof.” The importance
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Non-Defining Relative Clauses A relative clause is a clause that generally modifies a noun or noun phrase‚ and is introduced by a relative pronoun (which‚ that‚ who‚ whom‚ whose)‚ a relative adverb (where‚ when‚ why) or a zero relative. They are also known as an adjectival clause. For example: - Can I have the pencil that I gave you this morning? - Yesterday I called our friend Julie‚ who lives in New York. - In the summer I’m going to visit Italy‚ where my brother lives. There
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restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses differ in terms of punctuation and prosodic features. In terms of punctuation‚ nonrestrictive relative clauses accompany short pauses and commas around it whereas restrictive clauses do not. Nonrestrictive ones do so because their role is only to provide additional information about their antecedent regardless of the flow of their main clause‚ so they need to be separated from the main clause. On the other hand‚ restrictive clauses are needed to identify their
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Non Compete Clause: Good or Bad BUS 311 Nicki Hebert James Slack July 25‚ 2011 Non-compete agreements are a particularly important issue in today’s business world. Three trends that make non-competes especially important in the current business environment are a change in the definition of competition‚ the lack of employee loyalty‚ and the importance of relationship-based selling. As long as these agreements are done according to state law‚ they can be enforceable in the court of law. Any
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Adjective Phrases Subordinate clauses‚ like phrases‚ can be used in sentences as if they were single units. One word: The barking dog followed us home. Phrase: The dog‚ barking loudly‚ chased us. Clause: The dog‚ which was barking loudly‚ followed us. An adjective clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. It cannot stand by itself. We need a dog that can guard. An adjective clause usually follows the word that it modifies
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Article IV‚ section 1‚ of the constitution‚ requires that states honor the public acts and judicial decisions that takes place in another state called the “full faith and credit clause”. For instance‚ if two people are married in Atlanta and it is regulated by the law Texas has to recognize them as married even though it was not initiated in Texas. All the same if a practice is against their beliefs the states are not required to recognize the marriage. The tenth amendment is known as the reserved
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they are called post-modifiers. At the same beginning of this chapter it was stated that pre-modifiers of Nouns are always realized as Adjectival Phrases and the post-modifires are either phrases or clauses. In both chapters‚ determiners are similarly explained. They are words somewhat like adjectives which come before a noun. Articles or any of the dependent pronouns and numerals may be determiners. Like in Chapter 7‚ as well in Chapter 6.2 the emphasis is put on the genetives‚ but with some little
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this stuff somebody else can dry it. 2. clauses: If I wash up all this stuff / somebody else can dry it. 3. phrases: if / I / wash up / all this stuff / somebody else / can dry it. 4. words: If / I / wash / up / all / this / stuff / somebody / else / can / dry / it. 5. morphemes: If / he / wash/ -es / up / all / this / stuff / some / body / else / can / dry / it. In the simplest cases‚ a unit consists of one or more elements on the level below: • A clause consists of one or more phrases. • A
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ADVERB An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs‚ other adverbs‚ adjectives‚ and phrases. They are used to describe how‚ where‚ when‚ how often and why something happens. CATEGORIES OF ADVERB 1. GENITIVE: In Old and Middle English‚ the genitive case was productive‚ and adverbial genitives were commonplace. While Modern English does not fully retain the genitive case‚ it has left various relics‚ including a number of adverbial genitives. Some of these are now analyzed
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