Friday Grammar Quiz- June 14, 2024

[Gerry Steen]

Friday Grammar Quiz June 14, 2024

A.

Did you know that words such as thus, therefore, and however should not be used alone to join independent clauses? Look at the following sentence.

I started writing book reviews, however I quickly realized my grammar needed improvement.

What is a better way to write this sentence without changing the wording of the sentence?

B. Subject-Verb Agreement

A verb should agree in number with its subject. The following sentence does not follow this rule.

The increase in the rate for freight and passengers were opposed by the farming community.

How should the above sentence be written?


C.

Either, neither, and each are indefinite pronouns. They always take singular verbs. With this in mind, how would you rewrite the following sentences?

1. Neither of the students have a book.
2. Each of them have a pencil.

D. Writing with clarity.

Two-way modifiers are words that can logically modify something on either side of them, but the reader can’t be sure what the words modify: The president of the league said after the season ended that the players were eligible to renegotiate their contracts.
What does after the season ended refer to? Did the president tell the players this after the season ended, or were the players eligible to renegotiate their contracts after the season ended? Changing the placement of the modifier will clarify the meaning of the sentence.

Using the same words and changing the placement of the modifier “after the season ended”, create one sentence to show that the president said this after the season ended, and another to show that the players were eligible to renegotiate their contracts after the season ended.

Have fun. I will post the answers in a few days from now.