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  • Question 1
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    Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
    What if I said to you, "This is not going to work".
    Solution
    To signify that the statement is a direct question, we use a question mark at the end of the sentence. Hence, the correct answer is B).
  • Question 2
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    Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
    "I shall miss you when you depart for your own country, said he."
    Solution
    Quotation marks are used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word. Quotation marks must begin and end with the direct speech. 
    According to these rules, Option D can be termed wrong, as it encloses the whole sentence within quotes. 
    Option B is incorrect, the direct speech is not enclosed within quotation marks.
    Option C is incorrect as, the given sentence does not require a question mark at the end of the direct speech.
    The correct answer is Option A.
  • Question 3
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    Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
    "Look out," she yelled, as a car raced by.
    Solution
    Exclamation marks are used after interjections, after sentences that express a strong emotion such as surprise, astonishment, etc., or after a command. It may be used to end any exclamatory sentence to show emphasis. In the sentence given, 'Look out' is a command. Hence, the correct option is B) out!
  • Question 4
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    He should stop having sugar, shouldn't he!

    Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word. 
    Solution
    We use question marks when the sentence is part statement, part question. This is the case of the sentence given. Hence, the correct option is B) he?
  • Question 5
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    Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part.
    Who will be performing on the stage for the show? The students. The teachers. Or both.
    Solution
    All the parts given are direct questions. So, each part must be followed by a question mark. Hence, the correct option is B). 
  • Question 6
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    Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.
    One of my mother's favorite Shakespearean quotations is To thine own self be true.
    Solution
    According to general rule, when we cite someone else's words in a sentence it should be set off using quotation marks. In the given sentence, the exact words of Shakespeare have been used, so it should be put inside a pair of quotation marks.
    Thus, the correct form of writing the sentence will be, as given in Option A.
  • Question 7
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    Choose the option that best corrects the word 'plane?' in the given sentence:
    Won't we get to California quicker if we travel by plane?
    Solution
    The given statement is interrogative, it asks a question ('won't we' is a contraction of 'will we not'; 'will' can be used to create a question in the future tense). Hence the statement will end with a question mark '?' and no change is required. So, option D is correct.
    Option A contains a full stop '.'; full stops are used in declarative and imperative sentences.
    Option B contains an exclamation mark '!'; this punctuation mark is used in exclamatory sentences.
    Option C: 'plane' ends with an ellipsis mark '...' which is used to indicate an omission of words in a line or paragraph. The ellipsis mark is used in the end of a sentence to indicate a trailing off of thought. The sentence that has an ellipsis at the end will still require a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark to end the sentence:
     '... .' - for statements,
     , '...!' - for exclamatory sentences and
    '...?' - for questions
    If you replace the word 'plane?' by 'plane...', it will be incorrect because the question mark must still be there to indicate the end of the question.
    Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 8
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    If only I had chosen a different city to live in ... but why regret the past?

    Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
    Solution
    The given sentence consists of two independent clauses that are related. However, the use of an ellipsis is incorrect, an ellipsis is used to indicate trailing off thought.
    An em dash is used to connect two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. Thus, the correct answer is Option A. 
    A colon is used to separate two independent clauses when the second illustrates or explains the first whereas, a parentheses is used to add information in a sentence.

  • Question 9
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    Jenna was always careful to mind her Ps and Qs when her husbands mother visited her.

    Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
    Solution
    The words 'mind one's P's and Q's' is an expression that means 'mind one's manners' or 'mind one's language'.
    "P's and Q's" (or Ps and Qs) originally means 'pints and quarts'. These letters refer to plural words, and hence they are followed by apostrophes. However, many people leave out the apostrophe and let the 's' remain. But, it is preferred to keep the apostrophe '.
    Option B: This option is correct because the apostrophes have been sufficiently placed, at "P's and Q's" and "husband's".  The apostrophe for husband denotes possession 'the mother of her husband'.
    Option A is incorrect because the apostrophe ' after 'husbands' is missing.
    Option C is incorrect because the apostrophe has been placed after 's'; it has changed 'husbands' to a plural noun, meaning that she has more than one husband. But, (even if that's the case), there's only one mother in question. Hence the sentence is ambiguous in meaning.
    Option D is incorrect because the sentence requires change, at 'Ps and Qs' and 'husbands'.
  • Question 10
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    Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

    I looked in the Bs of the telephone directory for Mr Benjamins telephone number.
    Solution
    According to general rule, the possessive of singular nouns or more personal names require an apostrophe followed by s. Also, for the sake of clarity, plurals of single letters in a sentence use an apostrophe followed by s. 
    Therefore, according to the rules, the correct answer will be Option C. The other remaining options are incorrect.
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