Question 1

A linking verb is always followed by a noun, pronoun, or adjective.

Accepted Answer

A linking verb links the subject of the sentence to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject.

Question 2

Which of the following possessive phrases is not correct?&#10;A) The team's contract with the players&#10;B) The teams' contract with the players&#10;C) It's advantages to the players&#10;D) Its advantages to the players

Accepted Answer

D)Apostrophes are used for all possessives except possessive pronouns. Possessive pronouns never take apostrophes to show ownership. So its is the possessive form, not it's.

Question 3

Which of the following is a demonstrative pronoun?&#10;A) Who&#10;B) This&#10;C) Anyone&#10;D) He

Accepted Answer

A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to a specific person, object or place. "This" is a demonstrative pronoun as it points to a specific thing or person. "Who" is an interrogative pronoun used to ask about a person's identity. "Anyone" is an indefinite pronoun used to refer to any person, and "he" is a personal pronoun used to refer to a male individual.

Question 4

Which of the following terms should not be hyphenated?&#10;A) We had a long-term relationship.&#10;B) The relationship was long-term.&#10;C) That is one self-confident politician.&#10;D) I introduced her as my ex-wife.

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The answer of Which of the following terms should not...

Question 5

Punctuation goes inside quotation marks if the whole sentence is quoted but outside the quotation marks if only the last part of the sentence is a quote.

Accepted Answer

Punctuation should be placed inside of the quotation marks in most cases, for example: It became clear to me that "money doesn't grow on trees." The punctuation goes outside of quotation marks only in specific situations, as when the sentence is a question but the quotation is not a question: Why are people always telling me to "take it easy"?

Question 6

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?&#10;A) Moxie, depending on his friends for support.&#10;B) Come here.&#10;C) He put the package in the mail right away.&#10;D) The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Accepted Answer

This is a sentence fragment because it is missing a subject or verb. "Moxie" is the subject, but there is no verb in the sentence.

Question 7

The verb &#34;do&#34; is an example of a regular verb.

Accepted Answer

A regular verb can be conjugated in a standard way, such as talk: I talk. He talks. They talk. She talked yesterday. The verb do is irregular because it doesn't follow a regular verb pattern: I do. He does. They do. She did yesterday. As you can see, both the present and past have unusual, or irregular, formations.

Question 8

Which of the following punctuation marks is used to separate a dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence from the rest of the sentence?&#10;A) Comma&#10;B) Semicolon&#10;C) Colon&#10;D) Dash

Accepted Answer

When a dependent clause is used at the beginning of a sentence, it is separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma. This is called a subordinate clause, and it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. A semicolon separates two independent clauses, a colon introduces a list or an explanation, and a dash is used to indicate a break in thought or to emphasize a phrase.

Question 9

What is the tense of the verb in this sentence? &#34;We had given Tim the money a week before he arrived.&#34;&#10;A) Past&#10;B) Future&#10;C) Present&#10;D) Past perfect

Accepted Answer

The verb "had given" is in past perfect tense, which indicates an action completed before another past action (in this case, "before he arrived").

Question 10

What is the problem with this sentence? &#34;We can give him a small raise, he deserves it.&#34;&#10;A) Dangling modifier&#10;B) Comma splice&#10;C) Sentence fragment&#10;D) Nothing

Accepted Answer

This sentence contains a comma splice, which occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with a comma but no coordinating conjunction. To fix this, the comma could be replaced with a semicolon, or a coordinating conjunction (such as "and" or "but") could be added after the comma.

Question 11

The plural of &#34;son-in-law&#34; is &#34;sons-in-law,&#34; but the possessive is &#34;son-in-law's.&#34;

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The answer of The plural of &#34;son-in-law&#34; is &#34;sons-in-law,&#34; but...

Question 12

Which of the following italicized words is an adjective?&#10;A) silent movie&#10;B) too dark&#10;C) badly missed&#10;D) into the theater

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The answer of Which of the following italicized words is...

Question 13

In the following sentence, which word should not be capitalized? "After talking with President Hilda Bruckner, he decided that the Insurance industry would provide a suitable career for someone who was a graduate of the Department of Business at Gable University."

A) Department
B) Insurance
C) Gable
D) President

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the following sentence, which word should...

Question 14

You should include a comma when a date consists only of the month and year.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You should include a comma when a...

Question 15

Many adverbs are formed by adding &#34;-ly&#34; to adjectives.

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The answer of Many adverbs are formed by adding &#34;-ly&#34;...

Question 16

Which of the following words is misspelled?&#10;A) Receive&#10;B) Occurrence&#10;C) Accomodate&#10;D) Exaggerate

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following words is misspelled?&#10;A)...

Question 17

The pronoun &#34;who&#34; is in the nominative case; the pronoun &#34;whom&#34; is in the objective case.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The pronoun &#34;who&#34; is in the nominative...

Question 18

The following sentence uses all words correctly: She was disinterested in paying me a complement.

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The answer of The following sentence uses all words correctly:...

Question 19

A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses when the second clause begins with a conjunctive adverb such as &#34;however&#34; or &#34;therefore.&#34;

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The answer of A semicolon is used to separate independent...

Question 20

The difference between &#34;lie&#34; and &#34;lay&#34; is that &#34;lie&#34; is an intransitive verb and &#34;lay&#34; is a transitive verb.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The difference between &#34;lie&#34; and &#34;lay&#34; is...

Deck 22: Correction Symbols