Directions: Correct the following sentences (if necessary) and give reasons for your corrections.
Question 1: Whom did you say he was?
Answer: Who did you say he was? [Pronoun Case]
Question 2: Only in the interest of establishing clear lines of communication among their government and ours has the President acceded to their demands in regard to the tariff dispute.
Answer: Only in the interest of establishing clear lines of communication between their government and ours has the President acceded to their demands in regard to the tariff dispute. [Use of Prepositions]
Question 3: I cannot open the drawer in which I put the paper in.
Answer: I cannot open the drawer in which I put the paper (in). [Use of Prepositions]
Question 4: Joel complained to the governors, whom he suspected were misusing the school funds.
Answer: Joel complained to the governors, who he suspected were misusing the school funds. [Pronoun Case]
Question 5: Touched that the guest artist had practised as long and as strenuously the way they had, the exhausted members of the orchestra gave her a standing ovation.
Answer: Touched that the guest artist had practised as long and as strenuously as they had, the exhausted members of the orchestra gave her a standing ovation. [Use of Comparative Structures]
Question 6: He designed kennels for dogs which were very hygienic.
Answer: He designed dog kennels which were very hygienic. [Use of Relative Pronouns]
Question 7: Before medicine was considered a science, many people who practised it were regarded magicians.
Answer: Before medicine was considered a science, many people who practised it were regarded as magicians.
[Use of Prepositions]
Question 8: She felt that she could not give in with his demands, which she thought were completely unreasonable.
Answer: She felt that she could not give in to his demands, which she thought were completely unreasonable.
[Use of Prepositions]
Question 9: Neither of these books are any good to me.
Answer: Neither of these books is any good to me. [Subject-Verb Agreement]
Question 10: Asking the union negotiators to choose between higher wages or increased pension benefits seems perfectly reasonable when one considers the most recent sales figures.
Answer: Asking the union negotiators to choose between higher wages and increased pension benefits seems perfectly reasonable when one considers the most recent sales figures.
[Use of Comparative Structures]
Question 11: I can well afford to disregard him who is capable of making such statements.
Answer: I can well afford to disregard he who is capable of making such statements. [Pronoun Case]
Question 12: They were no more guilty than us.
Answer: They were no more guilty than we were. [Use of Conjunctions]
Question 13: By nature demanding, Balanchile insisted that his company practise as faithfully and as rigorously than he himself had.
Answer: By nature demanding, Balanchile insisted that his company practise as faithfully and as rigorously as he himself had. [Use of Comparative Structures]
Question 14: Let you and I see to it that we do not make such mistakes.
Answer: Let you and me see to it that we do not make such mistakes. [Pronoun Case]
Question 15: Taking odd days off is not half the satisfaction to me as a real holiday.
Answer: Taking odd days off is not half as satisfying as taking a real holiday.
Taking odd days off is not half the satisfaction as taking a real holiday is.
