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    “Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the only president who served three terms) instituted the New Deal reforms.”

    What correction should be made to this sentence?

    Solution

    The sentence is correct as is. The non-restrictive/non-essential information should be set off from the subject it modifies by either the parentheses or commas; using both (A) is redundant. A title like “president” is only capitalized when used before the name, e.g., “President Roosevelt,” but when used in place of the name as in this sentence, it is not capitalized (B). “New Deal” is correctly capitalized (C) as the name of the program. “Reforms” (D) should not be capitalized as it is not part of the name but simply a descriptor.

  • Question 2
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    Identify the appropriate error in the following sentences.

    Many jobs today require that the applicant is a College graduate.

    Solution

    The error is in capitalization: “college” is not capitalized when used as a noun but not as a proper noun, which is a name. Hence “Skidmore College” is capitalized, but not “a good college.” There are no other errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.

  • Question 3
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    “She asked me whether I could attend next week’s presentation with her?”

    What correction should be made to this sentence?

    Solution

    Question marks are only used with direct questions, e.g., “Will you go with me?” or with sentences that are half statement and half question, e.g., “You can go with me, can’t you?” but not with dependent clauses introduced by subordinating conjunctions (“whether”) as in this case. “Whether” is spelled correctly (B); “weather” does not mean “if” but refers to climate. “Next week’s” (C) is correct because “week’s” is a possessive of the object “presentation.” “I can” (D) is incorrect because “asked” is past tense and “can” is present tense.

  • Question 4
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    “On the TV show, each artist receives a ‘crit’, or critique, from the judges separately.”
    What correction should be made to this sentence?

    Solution

    Sentence punctuation marks should be placed inside of quotation marks. The quotation marks are necessary (A) because this term “crit” is identified as an insider or slang abbreviation of the word “critique.” “Separately” is the correct spelling; spelling it as (B) indicates is a common error. The comma after “crit” is necessary (D) to introduce the appositive “or critique” that defines “crit.”

  • Question 5
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    Identify the answer choice with an error in punctuation, usage, or grammar. If there are no errors, select answer choice D.

    Solution

    In this sentence, “people’s” is a possessive noun modifying “initiative,” and must have an apostrophe to indicate possession. It was “the people’s initiative” that supplanted legislation.

  • Question 6
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    Identify the correct choice for the following sentence:

    Our Secretary of state Hillary Clinton has previously been Senator Hillary Clinton, First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton, and First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton.

    Solution

    These words are an official title and immediately precede Hillary Clinton’s name. Both parts of the title (Secretary and State) should be capitalized. As with all titles, function words like the preposition “of” within a title are not capitalized.

  • Question 7
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    Identify the appropriate error in the following sentences.

    The applicant had some questions during our interview?

    Solution

    The error is in punctuation: there should not be a question mark at the end of the sentence because the sentence is not a question. There are no other errors in grammar, capitalization, or spelling.

  • Question 8
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    Identify the appropriate error in the following sentences.

    The defendant was found guilty of perjury; and obstruction of justice.

    Solution

    The error is in punctuation. Semicolons are used to separate two independent clauses, or to separate clauses or phrases containing internal punctuation. Neither is the case in this sentence. The objects “perjury” and “obstruction of justice” are joined by the conjunction “and”; no punctuation is needed. There are no errors in capitalization, spelling, or grammar.

  • Question 9
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    Which of these is used after a nominative absolute?

    Solution

    The comma is used after a nominative absolute. For example, “ Once over, she returned home in complete peace.”

  • Question 10
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    Identify the answer choice with an error in punctuation, usage, or grammar. If there are no errors, select answer choice D.

    Solution

    The words “humankind” and “human society” should not be capitalized as they are not names or titles, i.e., not proper nouns. In this sentence, “human” is an adjective in both instances. “Society” is a noun in this sentence.

  • Question 11
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    Which of these is not a punctuation mark?

    Solution

    The main punctuation marks are full stop, comma, colon, semicolon, question mark, exclamation mark, hyphen, dash, brackets, apostrophe. Hashtag isn’t a punctuation mark. It is a symbol used in social networks, and it has no relevance in English Grammar.

  • Question 12
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    Which of these is used to separate short co-ordinate clauses of a compound sentence?

    Solution

    The comma is used to separate short co-ordinate clauses of a compound sentence. For example, “ She came, she stooped, she conquered.”

  • Question 13
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    Identify the answer choice with an error in punctuation, usage, or grammar. If there are no errors, select answer choice D.

    Solution

    It is incorrect to separate two independent clauses with a comma; a semicolon should be used. Alternatively, a period can be used, making the second independent clause a separate sentence. A colon can also be used to introduce a clause/sentence that illustrates or explains the preceding one. There should also be a comma separating the second independent clause from the dependent clause (beginning with “so”) that follows it. The correct punctuation alternatives are: “The saying is that time flies when you are busy; we are always busy, so time always flies.” OR: “The saying is that time flies when you are busy. We are always busy, so time always flies.” OR: “The saying is that time flies when you are busy: we are always busy, so time always flies.”

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