Grammar and Proofreading Flashcards
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Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?
Answer: The committee has reached a decision.
'Committee' is a collective noun treated as singular in American English, so 'has reached' is the correct verb form.
Which of the following correctly uses a comma before a coordinating conjunction?
Answer: She typed the memo, and filed it.
A comma is placed before a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so) when it joins two independent clauses.
Which word is spelled correctly?
Answer: Accommodate
'Accommodate' is correctly spelled with two c's and two m's; the other options all contain common spelling errors.
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
Answer: Walking to the office, the rain started falling.
In 'Walking to the office, the rain started falling,' the participial phrase implies the rain was walking — a dangling modifier error.
Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series when the items themselves contain commas?
Answer: Semicolon
Semicolons separate items in a complex list when individual items already contain commas, preventing confusion about where one item ends and another begins.
Which of the following is an example of passive voice?
Answer: The report was submitted by the typist.
Passive voice is formed with 'to be' + past participle ('was submitted'), where the subject receives the action rather than performing it.