1. Which of the following displays a correct use of pronouns?
A. Soung spent more money than me
B. Jamal was as interested as her
C. Claudia has always been better at math than I.
2. Read the following sentence and determine which sentence in each set of three is punctuated incorrectly.
A. They were able to prove, I believe that Jesse James was killed in Missouri in 1882.
B. Frances, therefore, was the last student to leave the party.
C. The Manx, I have read, is a breed of cat that does not have a tail.
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1. To determine the correct use of pronouns, let's analyze each option:
A. "Soung spent more money than me."
Explanation: This sentence contains an incorrect use of pronouns. The correct form would be "Soung spent more money than I did." The pronoun "I" should be used as the subject of the verb "did."
B. "Jamal was as interested as her."
Explanation: This sentence also contains an incorrect use of pronouns. The correct form would be "Jamal was as interested as she was." The pronoun "she" should be used as the subject of the verb "was."
C. "Claudia has always been better at math than I."
Explanation: This sentence displays correct use of pronouns. The pronoun "I" is used as the subject of the verb in the sentence.
Therefore, the correct answer is C. Claudia has always been better at math than I.
2. To identify the incorrectly punctuated sentence, let's examine each option:
A. "They were able to prove, I believe that Jesse James was killed in Missouri in 1882."
Explanation: This sentence is punctuated incorrectly. The comma after "prove" is unnecessary and disrupts the natural flow of the sentence. It should be removed. The revised sentence would be: "They were able to prove, I believe, that Jesse James was killed in Missouri in 1882."
B. "Frances, therefore, was the last student to leave the party."
Explanation: This sentence is correctly punctuated. The commas are used to set off the word "therefore," which provides additional information about Frances.
C. "The Manx, I have read, is a breed of cat that does not have a tail."
Explanation: This sentence is punctuated incorrectly. The comma before and after "I have read" is unnecessary and interrupts the flow of the sentence. It should be removed. The revised sentence would be: "The Manx, I have read is a breed of cat that does not have a tail."
Therefore, the incorrect sentence in the set is C. "The Manx, I have read, is a breed of cat that does not have a tail."