Grammar and Writing Mechanics Flashcards
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Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The women's restroom is down the hall.
Women's is correct because the apostrophe + s shows possession for the irregular plural 'women'.
Identify the dangling modifier: 'Running to catch the bus, my backpack fell off.'
Answer: Running to catch the bus
The phrase 'Running to catch the bus' dangles because the backpack cannot run — it must modify the subject performing the action.
Which word correctly completes the sentence? 'She has ___ money than she expected.'
Answer: less
Use 'less' with uncountable nouns like 'money'; use 'fewer' with countable nouns.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Answer: She asked, "Are you coming?"
In American English, the question mark inside the closing quotation mark is correct when the quoted material is a question.
Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement with a collective noun?
Answer: The team is ready to play.
In American English, collective nouns like 'team' are treated as singular and take a singular verb.
Choose the sentence that avoids a comma splice.
Answer: The store was closed, so we went home.
Using a coordinating conjunction (so) after the comma correctly joins two independent clauses.
Which option correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: The flight was delayed; we missed our connection.
A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.