Language Usage Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses 'fewer' or 'less'?
Answer: There are fewer cars on the road today.
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns like cars.
Choose the sentence with correct verb agreement for a collective noun acting as one unit.
Answer: The committee is meeting today.
A collective noun acting as a single unit takes a singular verb.
Which sentence correctly uses 'their,' 'there,' or 'they're'?
Answer: They're going to the park.
'They're' is the contraction of 'they are.'
Identify the sentence with correct quotation punctuation.
Answer: She said, "Hello."
In American usage, the period goes inside the quotation marks.
Which sentence corrects the double negative?
Answer: I don't have any money.
'Don't have any' removes the double negative correctly.
Choose the correct word: 'Please ___ your seatbelt.'
Answer: fasten
'Fasten' is the correct spelling of the verb.
Which sentence uses the correct article?
Answer: She is an honest person.
'An' is used before words with a vowel sound, and 'honest' has a silent 'h.'