GRAMMAR AND USAGE
Each of the following sentences is incorrect. The mistakes concern grammatical agreement, correct verb forms, correct pronoun use, parallel structure, formal vs. informal English and other problem areas. Rewrite each sentence making the proper corrections. Make only the corrections required. Be ready to justify your answer.
Each of the many different varieties have a unique history.
Neither his secular music nor his religious compositions appeals to the public.
Are you one of the boys who was tardy?
Who's purse is lying on the floor?
Where is my book and my pen?
The sled's runners slid smooth over the ice.
Have either of the orders been sent?
Neither of the remaining contestants know the answer.
Everyone accept you likes peanut butter.
Cottage cheese and cream cheese ranks high in popularity.
The vessel, along with its entire crew, were lost.
I own a large number of campaign buttons.
Take your cousin with you when you come to my house tonight.
The players and the coach wants a better bus.
There are less students enrolled here than last year.
Hitler prosecuted people who he felt were inferior.
Neither of her maternal grandparents are living.
Every one of the campers were hungry.
There's too many selfish people in the world.
This is one of those pens that writes underwater.
Either the tigers or the lion are growling furiously.
Good speakers adopt their messages to their audiences.
He resented his parents' frequent illusions to his poor grades.
We hadn't but one choice to make.
Leave me give you a little good advice.
College life and high school life is vastly different.
Fifteen minutes are enough for this exercise.
She was not only industrious, but she could be depended upon.
Radio reception on the top floor is usually clearer than the ground floor.
We watched the big massive cloud cover the afternoon sun.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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