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Six months have passed since we posted the first writing tip. This week, we are sending you a test covering many of the issues addressed in the twenty-five tips you have received so far. See if you can find one error in each of the following sentences. (The answers are below.)
TEST:
1. This past December, we sent out less greeting cards than we did in past years, though each of them was imprinted with our traditional message, "Happy holidays from the Williamses."
2. The committee felt bad about the fact that the criteria for the scholarship was not made clear.
3. The stock market plunge this spring did not affect our portfolio like others have in the past.
4. Whom do you plan to bring with you to the conference in Washington next October?
5. All eight of us in the office shared between ourselves the difficult task of editing Mark and Jim's report.
6. The vice president has decided to ask the bank to loan the corporation $2.7 million, and I am supposed to outline the plan for repayment.
7. The crowd watched as an FBI agent drug the woman out of her hiding place and handcuffed her.
8. We could hardly stand to wait for the gourmet meal to be cooked since we were use to the instant gratification afforded by fast-food restaurants.
9. The president of the company said that she could care less that the media were crowded outside the door of the boardroom waiting for the meeting to end.
10. The committee plans to award the grant yearly to whoever needs it most, and they chose my colleagues and I as the first recipients.
ANSWERS:
After each answer, we have provided you with the date on which the applicable tip appeared so that you can refer to it in the archive for further explanation.
1. FEWER greeting cards (12/8/00)
(Note: Williamses is correct. See 12/1/00.)2. criteria for the scholarship WERE not clear (1/15/01)
(Note: felt bad is correct. See 1/1/01.)3. As others have in the past (1/22/01)
(Note: affect is correct. See 1/29/01.)4. Whom do you plan to TAKE (5/7/01)
(Note: whom is correct. See 2/5/01.)5. shared AMONG ourselves (3/5/01)
(Note: Mark and Jim's report is correct. See 4/16/01.)6. to ask the bank to LEND the corporation $2.7 million (3/19/01)
(Note: supposed to is correct. See 2/19/01.)7. as an FBI agent DRAGGED the woman (3/19/01)
(Note: an FBI agent is correct. See 4/30/01.)8. we were USED to the instant gratification (2/19/01)
(Note: could hardly stand to wait is correct. See 2/19/01.)9. she COULD NOT care less (2/19/01)
(Note: media were is correct. See 1/15/01.)10. chose my colleagues and ME (2/26/01)
(Note: whoever is correct. See 2/5/01.)Copyright 2001 Get It Write
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