Directions: Correct the following sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
Question 1: Six weeks are a long time to wait for delivery.
Answer: Six weeks is a long time to wait for delivery. [Subject-Verb Agreement]
Question 2: Liquor companies are now producing low-alcohol wines and nonalcoholic products; it is a response to a growing moderation of all social habits and an interest in health and fitness.
Answer: Liquor companies are now producing low-alcohol wines and nonalcoholic products in response to a growing moderation of all social habits and an interest in health and fitness. [Use of Preposition or Pronoun]
Question 3: The remarks of the officer savour with hypocrisy.
Answer: The remarks of the officer savour of hypocrisy. [Use of Prepositions]
Question 4: I see that fish and chips are on the menu for lunch.
Answer: I see that fish and chips is on the menu for lunch. [Subject-Verb Agreement]
Question 5: Although her first business, a health food store, went bankrupt, but she eventually launched a successful mail-order business.
Answer: Although her first business, a health food store, went bankrupt, (but) she eventually launched a successful mail-order business.
Question 6: He could never reconcile with the inferior post offered to him.
Answer: He could never reconcile to the inferior post offered to him. [Use of Prepositions]
Question 7: The spectacles you supposedly misplaced has been found safely kept in its case.
Answer: The spectacles you supposedly misplaced have been found safely kept in its case.
Question 8: Neither in delicate stemware or in heavier decorative pieces should one be disappointed to find the bubbles and other imperfections that characterize even the finest lead crystal.
Answer: Neither in delicate stemware nor in heavier decorative pieces should one be disappointed to find the bubbles and other imperfections that characterize even the finest lead crystal. [Use of Correlative Conjunctions]
Question 9: Everybody except Frank and me want him to be chosen class representative.
Answer: Everybody except Frank and me wants him to be chosen class representative. [Subject-Verb Agreement]
Question 10: The minister was chary of admitting to his mistakes.
Answer: The minister was chary of admitting to his mistakes. [No Error]
Question 11: Charles Burchfield, isolated as he was for most of his life, was not the most cosmopolitan of the American watercolourists, which flourished in the twenties and thirties.
Answer: Charles Burchfield, isolated as he was for most of his life, was not the most cosmopolitan of the American watercolourists, who flourished in the twenties and thirties. [Use of Relative Pronouns]
Question 12: If anyone cares to join me in the campaign, either now or in the near future, they will be welcomed gratefully.
Answer: If anyone cares to join me in the campaign, either now or in the near future, he will be welcomed gratefully. [Pronoun Consistency]
Question 13: The committee had intended both you and I to speak at the assembly; however, only one of us will be able to.
Answer: The committee had intended both you and me to speak at the assembly; however, only one of us will be able to. [Pronoun Case]
Question 14: I wonder whether you are sure that scheme of your’s will work.
Answer: I wonder whether you are sure that scheme of yours will work. [Use of Possessive Pronouns]
Question 15: One can learn more about new computers by actually working with them instead of merely reading the instructional pamphlet.
Answer: One can learn more about new computers by actually working with them than by merely reading the instructional pamphlet. [Parallelism with Comparative Structures]
