Grammar and Usage Flashcards
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Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The boss's office is on the third floor.
Singular nouns ending in 's' still form the possessive by adding 's, making 'boss's' correct.
Which sentence avoids a comma splice?
Answer: He finished the report, and then he submitted it.
Using a coordinating conjunction after the comma correctly joins two independent clauses without a comma splice.
In which sentence is the word 'whom' used correctly?
Answer: Whom should I contact for help?
'Whom' is correct as the object of the infinitive 'to contact'; it answers 'him/her,' not 'he/she.'
Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?
Answer: He had left before the meeting started.
The past perfect 'had left' correctly shows an action completed before another past action.
Which example correctly uses an em dash?
Answer: The answer—42—surprised everyone.
Em dashes set off parenthetical information or create emphasis, correctly used here around '42.'
Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement with an indefinite pronoun?
Answer: Each of the students submits their assignment.
'Each' is singular, so it takes the singular verb 'submits,' and 'their' is accepted as a singular gender-neutral pronoun.
Which sentence correctly distinguishes 'fewer' from 'less'?
Answer: She made fewer mistakes on the second test.
'Fewer' is used for countable nouns like 'mistakes,' while 'less' is used for uncountable quantities.