Dangling Modifiers
If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated.
Your answer:
1.
Dangling Modifiers
When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus.
Your answer:
2.
Predication
Our plans for tomorrow should begin today.
Your answer:
3.
Punctuating Sentences
The dinner party will begin at 8 o’clock sharp.
Your answer:
4.
Punctuating Sentences
Without a doubt, cramming for the test.
Your answer:
5.
Punctuating Sentences
He took the curve too sharply, it caused an accident.
Your answer:
6.
Punctuation—Colon
The ingredients for my favorite grilled sandwich are: peanut butter and bananas.
Your answer:
7.
Punctuation—Colon
Studying is exciting: find something about the subject that interests you, and resolve to become an expert.
Your answer:
8.
Punctuation—Dash
Pens come in all shapes—my favorite is an ergonomic one shaped like a wishbone.
Your answer:
9.
Punctuation—Hyphen
She ate two thirds of the pie in one sitting!
Your answer:
10.
Punctuation—Hyphen
The high rise building is located at 3114 Main Street.
Your answer:
11.
Punctuation—Parentheses
The blouse did not fit properly. (You will find it in this package.)
Your answer:
12.
Punctuation—Square Brackets
The article about American history stated, “The revolution began over a beer [during Prohibition] and ended with a bang.”
Your answer:
13.
Inclusive Language—Nonsexist Language
We need more manpower to finish the job on schedule.
Your answer:
14.
Inclusive Language—Nonracist and Nonagist Language
The woman who earned the award was a Negro from Louisiana.
Your answer:
15.
Inclusive Language—Nonracist and Nonagist Language
It seems that every Golden Ager is on the bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada.
Your answer:
16.
Inclusive Language—Talking about People with Disabilities and Disease
The blind people were downtown for a national conference.
Your answer:
17.
Inclusive Language—Talking about People with Disabilities and Disease
His sister is afflicted with polio and muscular dystrophy, so she is confined to a wheelchair.
Your answer:
18.
Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material
The mayors and their wives were invited on a tour of the state buildings.
Your answer:
19.
Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material
Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: “All men shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All men can attend school until they are 16 years of age.”
Your answer:
20.
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Dangling Modifiers:
1. The sentence "If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated" has a dangling modifier. To fix this, we need to make sure the modifier is placed correctly. A possible revision could be: "If your baby does not like cold apple juice, you should heat it."
2. The sentence "When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus" also has a dangling modifier. To correct this, we need to make sure the subject of the sentence matches with the modifier. Here's a possible revision: "Eating fresh oranges can often keep away the cold virus."
Predication:
3. The sentence "Our plans for tomorrow should begin today" is an example of predication, where the main verb comes before the subject. This sentence is correct as it is.
Punctuating Sentences:
4. The sentence "The dinner party will begin at 8 o’clock sharp" is punctuated correctly with a simple sentence structure.
5. The sentence "Without a doubt, cramming for the test" is missing proper punctuation. To fix this, we can add a subject and verb to make it a complete sentence. For example, we could revise it as "Without a doubt, he was cramming for the test."
6. The sentence "He took the curve too sharply, it caused an accident" is missing proper punctuation to indicate the relationship between the two clauses. To fix this, we can use a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. For example, we could revise it as "He took the curve too sharply, and it caused an accident" or "He took the curve too sharply; it caused an accident."
Punctuation—Colon:
7. The sentence "The ingredients for my favorite grilled sandwich are: peanut butter and bananas" is using a colon correctly to introduce a list.
8. The sentence "Studying is exciting: find something about the subject that interests you, and resolve to become an expert" is using a colon correctly to introduce an explanation or a continuation of the main idea.
Punctuation—Dash:
9. The sentence "Pens come in all shapes—my favorite is an ergonomic one shaped like a wishbone" is using a dash correctly to indicate a sudden shift in thought or to add additional information.
Punctuation—Hyphen:
10. The sentence "She ate two thirds of the pie in one sitting!" is using a hyphen correctly to combine the words "two" and "thirds."
11. The sentence "The high rise building is located at 3114 Main Street" does not require a hyphen. Hyphens are typically used to join compound words or to separate numbers and words in certain contexts.
Punctuation—Parentheses:
12. The sentence "The blouse did not fit properly. (You will find it in this package.)" is using parentheses correctly to include additional information or clarification.
Punctuation—Square Brackets:
13. The sentence "The article about American history stated, 'The revolution began over a beer [during Prohibition] and ended with a bang'" is using square brackets correctly to provide additional information or clarify a quotation.
Inclusive Language—Nonsexist Language:
14. The sentence "We need more manpower to finish the job on schedule" is using sexist language by using the term "manpower." To make it more inclusive, we can rephrase it as "We need more personnel to finish the job on schedule."
Inclusive Language—Nonracist and Nonagist Language:
15. The sentence "The woman who earned the award was a Negro from Louisiana" is using a racially outdated term. To make it more nonracist, we can replace the term "Negro" with a contemporary term like "African American."
16. The sentence "It seems that every Golden Ager is on the bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada" is using an age-specific term that may be considered agist. To make it more nonagist, we can rephrase it as "It seems that people of all ages are on the bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada."
Inclusive Language—Talking about People with Disabilities and Disease:
17. The sentence "The blind people were downtown for a national conference" is using a term that focuses solely on the disability. To make it more inclusive, we can use a person-first language and say "People who are blind were downtown for a national conference."
18. The sentence "His sister is afflicted with polio and muscular dystrophy, so she is confined to a wheelchair" is using a term that emphasizes a person's condition rather than focusing on their abilities. To make it more inclusive, we can use person-first language and say "His sister has polio and muscular dystrophy, so she uses a wheelchair."
Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material:
19. The sentence "The mayors and their wives were invited on a tour of the state buildings" assumes that all mayors are male and married. To make it more inclusive, we can rephrase it as "The mayors and their partners were invited on a tour of the state buildings."
20. The sentence "Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: 'All men shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All men can attend school until they are 16 years of age'" is using biased language by assuming that only men are subject to these laws. To make it more inclusive, we can rephrase it as "Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: 'All individuals shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All individuals can attend school until they are 16 years of age.'"