Transcript MBUPLOAD-8669-1-Grammar_Review_4

Grammar Review
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Select the correct sentence.
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A strategist behind the scenes create a candidate's public image.
B]
A strategist behind the scenes creates a candidate's public image.
ANSWER:
B
14. Lack of subject-verb agreement
The subject is the singular noun strategist, not scenes.
A SUBJECT is NEVER in a prepositional phrase.
Select the correct sentence.
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• There is two main reasons that I want to
become a lawyer.
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• There are two main reasons that I want to
become a lawyer.
Answer:
B [are]
• This sentence has a “delayed subject” because of the
“expletive” (there):
• The subject, reasons, is plural, so the verb is plural.
Select the correct sentence.
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• Each of the puppies thrived in their new
environment.
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• Each of the puppies thrived in its new
environment
ANSWER:
B]
its
• 16. Lack of agreement between pronoun and antecedent
Many indefinite pronouns, such as everyone and each, are always singular.
Select the correct sentence.
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• Every sorority member must clean their own room.
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• Every sorority member must clean her own room.
ANSWER:
B]
her
• EXAMPLE
The SUBJECT (student) is SINGULAR, so the corresponding pronoun must be singular.
Select the correct sentence.
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Either the parents or the son are hosting the party.
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Either the parents or the son is hosting the party.
Answer:
B]
son is
• EXAMPLE
When antecedents are joined by or, or nor, the pronoun must agree with the closer antecedent.
Select the correct sentence.
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My brothers or my sister come every week to see Dad.
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My brothers or my sister comes every week to see Dad.
Answer:
B]
sister comes
14. Lack of subject-verb agreement
Here, the noun closest to the verb is singular (sister). The verb must agree with that singular noun.
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