Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence. After you have writtenA a definition in your vocabulary notebook, add a fewB ways to use the word orC a sentence to illustrate it’sD meaning. No errorE One of the most common errors students of mine have made is confusing “its” and “it’s.” We learned in [...]
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Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was. (A) Looking up (B) While looking up (C) By looking up (D) Viewing (E) Viewed As written, this sentence would suggest that the trail was looking up from the base of the mountain. Now, this could perhaps work as a metaphor [...]
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Which choice most improves the underlined part of the sentence below? If the sentence is correct as is, choose (A). A conjunction is used to connect words and sentences together. A. words and sentences together. B. words or sentences together. C. words and sentences. D. words or sentences. E. words to sentences. “Together” is redundant [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence. The environmental treaty that has just been(A) agreed with(B)by the member nations should serve as a framework for future progress on these(C)and many other(D) issues. No error(E) The member nations would agree to, not with, the treaty. The answer is (B). source: grammar-guy.com
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Identify the error, if any, in the sentence below. Determination ofA the long-term effects ofB aerosols on the upper atmosphere isC currently one of the more challengingD problems in climate research. No errorE. This seems ok, but there’s actually a problem. “More challenging” would only be appropriate if you were comparing two items. Here, you [...]
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Which choice represents the best improvement to the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is fine as it is, choose (A). Mary was bored at the beginning of the movie, having shown great interest once the story picked up momentum. A. having shown great interest once the story picked B. but showing great [...]
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Identify the error in the following sentence. If there is no error, choose (E). The series of letters that Margaret wrote to her father containsA a valuable commentary onB the prevailing social conditions and attitudes that led to herC leaving home at suchD a young age. No errorE. Don’t be afraid to choose (E) on [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in this sentence. Neither of the artists we have commissionedA to execute the mural areB able to startC work beforeD September. No errorE. As I’ve mentioned in a number of previous PQOTD’s, there are certain pronouns in English that are often thought to be plural, but are actually singular. “Neither” is [...]
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Which choice best improves the underlined portion of the sentence? If the sentence is ok as is, choose (A). Pop artist Ed Ruscha was fascinated by words, and have consistently formed the principal subject matter of his paintings. (A) words, and have consistently formed the principal subject matter (B) words, and words have consistently formed [...]
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Which choice most improves the underlined part of the sentence below? If the sentence is correct as is, choose (A). A conjunction is used to connect words and sentences together. A. words and sentences together. B. words or sentences together. C. words and sentences. D. words or sentences. E. words to sentences. “Together” is redundant [...]
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Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was. (A) Looking up (B) While looking up (C) By looking up (D) Viewing (E) Viewed As written, this sentence would suggest that the trail was looking up from the base of the mountain. Now, this could perhaps work as a metaphor [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the sentence below. To this day, Jane Goodall’s data on (A) primate behavior tells (B) us a lot about (C) the similarities between (D) monkeys and humans. No Error (E) This is one that the vast majority of test takers will probably miss. In spoken English, we often use the word “data” [...]
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Which of the following choices best improves the underlined portion of the sentence below? If the sentence is ok as is, choose (A). Considered to be his greatest work, the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky penned the novel “Crime and Punishment” that influenced subsequent writers like Franz Kafka and Ernest Hemingway. A. the Russian novelist Fyodor [...]
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No Matter(A) how careful(B) vehicles are(C) driven, they are capable of causing(D) injury to others, including the driver. No Error(E) What exactly is a “careful vehicle?” Obviously, this makes no sense. The question is, what is “careful” modifying? We’ve established that it is not modifying “vehicles.” It is really referring to a manner in which a [...]
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Hockney’s most arresting Pop Art works have been produced at his home in Los Angeles, he moved there from his native Britain in the 1960s. (A) Los Angeles, he moved there (B) Los Angeles; he moved there (C) Los Angeles, but he moved there (D) Los Angeles and he moved there (E) Los Angeles he [...]
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