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Directions: Correct the following sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
Question 1: 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]
[Use of Prepositions]
Question 2:
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 3:
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]
[Use of Correlative Conjunctions]
Question 4:
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]
[Subject-Verb Agreement]
Question 5:
The minister was chary of admitting to his mistakes.
Answer: The minister was chary of admitting to his mistakes.
[No Error]
[No Error]
Question 6:
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]
[Use of Relative Pronouns]
Question 7:
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]
[Pronoun Consistency]
Question 8:
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]
[Pronoun Case]
Question 9:
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]
[Use of Possessive Pronouns]
Question 10:
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]
[Parallelism with Comparative Structures]
Question 11:
He interviewed people whom he thought had valuable information to present.
Answer: He interviewed people who he thought had valuable information to present.
[Pronoun Case]
[Pronoun Case]
Question 12:
The two brothers reconciled to each other after years of estrangement.
Answer: The two brothers reconciled with each other after years of estrangement.
[Use of Prepositions]
[Use of Prepositions]
Question 13:
The exhibition does not include many of the characteristics that we consider as painterly or sculptural in the traditional sense, but it certainly proves that the artist is ingenious.
Answer: The exhibition does not include many of the characteristics that we consider as painterly or sculptural in the traditional sense, but it certainly proves that the artist is ingenious.
[No Error]
[No Error]
Question 14:
It is very difficult to prevail on such odds.
Answer: It is very difficult to prevail against such odds.
[Use of Prepositions]
[Use of Prepositions]
Question 15:
He showed himself to be very negligent of carrying out his duty.
Answer: He showed himself to be very negligent in carrying out his duty.
[Use of Prepositions]
[Use of Prepositions]
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