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Read the sentence to determine if there is any grammatical error in it. Choose the letter corresponding to the part that contains the error. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any ? Symptoms of this illness

A. that warrant a doctor visit
B. includes fever,
C. vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as the
D. loss of appetite
E. No error

Answer : B. includes fever,

 

Explanation:

  • “Includes” is incorrect because it is the singular form of the verb, but the subject, “symptoms,” is plural. The verb should be “include.”
  • The subordinating conjunction “that” introducing the dependent clause, and its plural verb “warrant,” (A) are both correct. “…vomiting, and” (C) is punctuated correctly as the last in a series of three or more words.
  • The singular noun “loss” (D) is correct
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Read the sentence to determine if there is any grammatical error in it. Choose the letter corresponding to the part that contains the error. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any?

A . Professor Lane, our

B . Computer Science teacher, was excited when he had the opportunity to meet

C . Bill Gates, the

D . president of Microsoft, Inc.

E . No error

Answer : E. No error

Explanation:

  • There is no error in this sentence. (A) Titles and proper names are capitalized.
  • (B) Academic subjects or departments are lower-case (e.g. department of computer science) unless they are adjectives (Computer Science teacher) or proper nouns (English, French, etc.)
  • (C) Bill Gates is a proper noun, i.e. a name, and is always capitalized.
  • (D) “…the president” is correctly lower-case both because it is used after a name, and because it is a used as a description rather than a title here.
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Read the sentence to determine if there is any grammatical error in it. Choose the letter corresponding to the part that contains the error. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any ?

A. Either Lisa or Karen

B. will always volunteer

C. their valuable

D. time to serve on our board.

E. No error

Answer : C. their valuable

Explanation:

  • “Their” is incorrect because it is a plural third-person possessive pronoun, but the use of “either (A) or” indicates a singular form. It should be “her”.
  • (B) “Will always volunteer” is a singular verb phrase and is correct.
  • (D) “Time” is correct regardless of whether it is modified by a singular (“her”) or plural (“their”) possessive pronoun,
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