On this page you find 20 sentences to edit for errors in parallel structure, sen

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On this page you find 20 sentences to edit for errors in parallel structure, sentence boundaries (fragments, run-ons, and comma splices), grammar (subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun case, and pronoun reference), punctuation (commas, semicolons, colons), and other mechanics (apostrophes, hyphens, quotation marks, italics, parentheses, dashes, and capitalization). Question 1. 1. If Jane or her cousin show up at the meeting, we will accomplish more. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 2. 2. I will grade your final exam within one week, however, I cannot return the exam itself to you. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 3. 3. The schools website claims that its students are the happiest in the nation. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 4. 4. I like playing soccer more than to run track. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 5. 5. Michael Jordan who used to play basketball for the Bulls is famous all over the world (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 6. 6. Who will the teacher call on next? (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 7. 7. The CEO would like to meet with all department directors. Because he feels he has gotten out of touch with the people who really run the company. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 8. 8. The chair that is closest to the door, is the one with the broken leg. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 9. 9. My High School English teacher recommended these two books. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 10. 10. A professor who had read almost every book in the library. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 11. 11. The animal quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and looks like a duck, therefore, it must be a duck. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 12. 12. Each employee must contact their supervisor to get the flextime schedule. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 13. 13. The students whom submitted papers for the journal will hear from us soon. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 14. 14. Careful reading and thoughtful planning is necessary for writing good research papers. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 15. 15. You need to do three things to improve this paper; correct the grammar, avoid wordiness, and make the organization more clear. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 16. 16. Shakespeare's character, Hamlet, said, To be or not to be; that is the question. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 17. 17. Each employee should read their copy of the safety manual before Monday’s meeting. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 18. 18. I'm going shopping tonight tell me what you need. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 19. 19. Some critical items to take on your camping trip are: a sleeping bag, a flashlight, and bug spray. (Points : 2) Spellchecker Question 20. 20. Please call Mr. Smith to make an appointment his number is in your Contacts list. (Points : 2) Spellchecker

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1. The sentence should be: "If Jane or her cousin shows up at the meeting, we will accomplish more." As we are talking about two people here - Jane and her cousin, the verb 'show' will have to be plural. The rule is plural subject takes a plural verb.

2. The sentence should be: "I will grade your final exam within one week; however, I cannot return the exam itself to you". The sentence above consists of two major sentences. The first sentence is about grading the final exam and the second sentence is about being able to return or not return the exam. Both the sentences are closely related and use of a semicolon (as shown in the corrected sentence) will be better.

3. In ths sentence, possessive apostrophe has not been used. The noun is the sentence is "school" and the noun possesses a website and many students. Thus apostrophe should be used to demonstrate the belongingness of the website and students to the school.

The sentence should be: The school’s website claims that its' students are the happiest in the nation.

4. When the phrase "more than" is used, the form of verb before and after it should be the same. Here the sentence has 'playing' soccer and so should be followed by 'running' track.

The sentence should be: " I like playing soccer more than running track."

The sentence can also be " I like to play soccer more than to run track."

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