Basic Grammar Questions!!

 

1.     Poppins, Mac's dog, [barks/bark] at other dogs often.

2.     The two auditors [has given/have given] agreeing opinions on the audit of Corporation, Inc.

3.     The company's financial position, as well as its CEO, [reeks/reek] of fraudulent activity.

4.     Each and every one of them [likes/like] to eat chocolate ice cream.

5.     Business Ethics [is/are] an interesting area of study, as [is/are] Economics.

1.     Most lost dogs return to their owners, and Mac's dog, Poppins, was no exception, making [he/him] sigh with relief.

2.     [She/her] father, after a long week in the hospital, went on a quest to find [whoever/whomever] saved his life after the car crash.

3.     Dennis has always been a better speaker than [I/me], but I will always be stronger than [he/him].

4.     [He/him] and [I/me] decided that we will finally attend class.

5.     [Who/whom] should I take with me to the prom?

 

Part III: Rule 11. For each of the following five sentences, rearrange the sentence (after the comma) to comply with Rule 11. Do not remove the phrase at the beginning.

 

Example: (i) Good-looking and charming, the mirror reflected Dennis's chiseled jawline.

              (i) Good-looking and charming, Dennis stared at his chiseled jawline in the mirror.

           (Note: It doesn't matter how you change the verb (e.g., from reflected to stared), as long

as you make the participial phrase refer to the subject—i.e., Dennis is the "good-looking and charming" one. The mirror, while it may be a perfectly lovely mirror, is not "good-looking and charming.")

 

Hints:

·        This rule is tough to understand at first, but is very easy to implement once you get it.

·        The idea is that if you have an introductory phrase directly describing some noun in the sentence, the noun must be the subject in the sentence. In other words, the first part of the sentence has to refer to the subject of the sentence, which should come right after the comma.

 

1.     Ever the optimist, his repeated mistakes never kept Charlie down for too long.

2.     On the long train ride back to Philly, Candy Crush Saga kept Dee busy for most of the time.

3.     Given the time and motivation, a Pulitzer-winning novel could be written by anyone.

4.     Longing for brighter shores, the final plane ticket was purchased by Frank.

5.     Aware of the glaring problems, her plan nonetheless was pursued.