1. Directions (1-4): Each Sentence below have group of word underlined indicating that something wrong. Choose the option that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
If the books have been cataloged last week, why haven't they been placed on the shelf?
Answer: were cataloged
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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2. Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book, that led eventually to an official investigation of the funeral industry.
Answer: which led eventually
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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3. Sabotage came from the French saboter, which means to clatter with wooden shoes (sabots).
Answer: which means to
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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4. In studying an assignment it is wise to read it over quickly at first, than see the major points, and finally outline the material.
Answer: first, then
Explanation:Here is no explanation for this answer
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5. Whom did you talk to at the information desk at the airport?
Answer: No error
Explanation:This sentence is correct as it is written.
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6. Ellen always got into more trouble than me.
Answer: me
Explanation:"Than me" in the comparative is incorrect; it should be "than I." This can be deduced by adding a verb to the pronoun to finish the thought: "...than I am," not "...than me am."
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7. The title of salutatorian goes to whomever has the second highest academic average.
Answer: whomever
Explanation:"...to whomever" would only be correct if it is a direct object in all parts of the sentence, e.g. "...to whomever you want." However, in this sentence it is a subject in the prepositional phrase: "... to whoever has..." and thus should be "whoever" so "who" agrees with "has." "Whoever" as subject takes precedence over "whomever" as object.
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8. Do you feel good enough to go to the store?
Answer: good
Explanation:How you feel is expressed by the adverb "well," not by the adjective "good," e.g. "I have good feelings."
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9. Bolivar, an idol between his contemporaries, has been the inspiration for many modern revolutions.
Answer: between
Explanation:"Between" only refers to two, e.g. "Between you and me;" when modifying more than two, as here since "his contemporaries" refers to many people, "among" is the correct preposition.
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10. Birds fly south in the winter threw an instinct not completely understood by scientists.
Answer: threw
Explanation:The correct spelling of the preposition meaning via or by means of, as it is used here, is "through." "Threw" is the past tense of the verb "to throw."
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