1. Some people fail to recognize the value of enjoying the small things in life. 2.

Even after she was warned by the judge that her line of questioning was inadmissible, Smith persisted in mercilessly badgering the witness. 3. Seldom do so many fail so spectacularly in such a simple undertaking. 4. Rejecting any allegations of wrongdoing, the indicted Senator Meinhart vowed to continue his term. 5. Though the old saying claims otherwise, scientific studies have not demonstrated musics ability to soothe savage beasts. 6. As a rule of thumb, most businesses carry an inventory no greater than three months worth of sales. 7. None of the proposed solutions to the problem addressed all the issues inherent in the crisis. 8. The advance of technology has led to computers that are so fast and so compact that experts wonder when the limits of computational efficiency will be reached. 9. Named after the industry that initially was their prime sponsor, soap operas debuted in the 1920s. 10. Thousands of onlookers, well-wishers, and assorted gawkers lined the boulevard outside the famous restaurant Chez Amee.

Answers to Drill 1 1. subject: people verb: fail 2. subject: Smith verb: persisted 3. subject: many verb: fail 4. subject: Senator Meinhart verb: vowed 5. subject: studies verb: have not demonstrated 6. subject: businesses verb: carry 7. subject: none verb: addressed 8. subject: advance verb: has led 9. subject: soap operas verb: debuted 10. subject: thousands verb: lined

1. Recently, enrollments of minority students in graduate level programs, including business and law school, has begun to decline after peaking in the late 1990s. 2. Of the potential candidates, many of whom have not previously run for office, none have the experience needed for the job.

3. Although children are reading more and more, experts in the educational field has been reluctant to proclaim the battle against illiteracy over. 4. Anew survey conducted by the National Association of Retailers report that many consumers feel overwhelmed by the number of products available to them. 5. Developments in neuroscience is challenging long-held beliefs about how people process information during stressful situations. 6. Inequalities in the pay received by male and female employees perpetuate stereotypes about the value of an individuals work. 7. The eroded appearance of Mars surface features cause many geologists, including the preeminent Dr. Bumguardner, to speculate that the planet was once covered with water. 8. Some cities, in an attempt to curb potentially dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, are expanding mass transit. 9. The early economy of the thirteen colonies were dependent on trade in the northern states and agriculture in the southern states. 10. The mere suggestion of improper actions, even if none have occurred, are enough to demand an investigation into the actions of Mayor Hanks. Answers to Drill 2 1. subject: enrollments correct verb: have begun 2. subject: none correct verb: has 3. subject: experts correct verb: have been 4. subject: survey correct verb: reports 5. subject: developments correct verb: are challenging 6. subject: inequalities correct verb: perpetuate (no error) 7. subject: appearance correct verb: causes 8. subject: cities correct verb: are expanding (no error) 9. subject: economy correct verb: was 10. subject: suggestion correct verb: is

1. Neither Coach Randy nor the players feels responsible for the teams woeful winning percentage. 2. Most of the damage caused by Hurricane Laura was restricted to the low-lying areas of the town and to those parts of town that was near the water. 3. Mathematics are rarely listed among students favorite subjects, but history and English is.

4. Each one of the attendees were provided with an itinerary for the meeting and a list of local restaurants in the area. 5. The House of Representatives are unlikely to pass the legislation in its current form because the minority leader is unwilling to compromise on the amendments contained in the bill. 6. In the early 1970s and 1980s, a majority of New York Citys night clubs were packed with devotees of salsa, but the trendy nature of the craze and the changing demographics of the city was a factor in the dances downfall. 7. Extensive clinical trials of vitamin C has shown that the substance has little to no effect in preventing the common cold. 8. Although the stagnant Canadian online retailing market puzzled economists for years, the reasons for its dry spell is suddenly apparent. 9. Among the amazing advances bioengineers have made is salmon that grow to market weight twice as fast as regular salmon and goats whose milk wards off infections. 10. Proposals for a manned mission to Mars, once ridiculed as a unfeasible, now appears to be very much within the realm of possibility.

Answers to Drill 3 1. Neither Coach Randy nor the players feel responsible for the teams woeful winning percentage. When using eitheror or neithernor, the verb agrees with the second noun in the list. 2. Most of the damage caused by Hurricane Laura was restricted to the low-lying areas of the town and to those parts of town that were near the water. The verb were needs to agree with the subject parts. 3. Mathematics is rarely listed among students favorite subjects, but History and English are. Mathematics is a collective noun and takes a singular verb. History and English, taken together, are plural. 4. Each one of the attendees was provided with an itinerary for the meeting and a list of local restaurants in the area. The pronoun each is always singular. 5. The House of Representatives is unlikely to pass the legislation in its current form because the minority leader is unwilling to compromise on the amendments contained in the bill. The House of Representatives is a collective noun and therefore singular. 6. In the early 1970s and 1980s, a majority of NewYork Citys night clubs was packed with devotees of salsa, but the trendy nature of the craze and the changing demographics of the city were factors in the dances downfall. Majority is the subject and is singular. There were two factors

in the dances downfall, the trendy nature and the changing demographics, making the verb plural. 7. Extensive clinical trials of vitamin C have shown that the substance has little to no effect in preventing the common cold. The subject is trials, not vitamin C. 8. Although the stagnant Canadian online retailing market puzzled economists for years, the reasons for its dry spell are suddenly apparent. Reasons is plural. 9. Among the amazing advances bioengineers have made are salmon that grow to market weight twice as fast as regular salmon and goats whose milk wards off infections. Rearrange the sentence to clearly identify the subject and verb: Salmonand goatsare among the amazing advances bioengineers have made. 10. Proposals for a manned mission to Mars, once ridiculed as unfeasible, now appear to be very much within the realm of possibility. Ignore the prepositional phrases and modifiers separating the subject, proposals, from the verb appear.