Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?

A. Linguistics are hard.

B. There is dogs in the backyard.
C. Either Bill or Mary are coming to the party, but not both.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Any dog, including Bowie and Sam, would like that toy.
B. How they spend their time together is not his concern.
C. The group of new authors are in the lobby.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Fulton is one of the linguists who analyzes the construction incorrectly.
B. This is some of the data that shows why he is wrong.
C. They are the kind of writer that don't like criticism of any kind.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. The acoustics in this room is inadequate.
B. Neither the students nor the teacher want to be there.
C. Either the dog or the cats is scratching at the door.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
The sentence "There is in most classrooms one teacher and about thirty students?" contains
what kind of error?
A. incorrect pronoun-antecedent agreement
B. incorrect subject-verb agreement
C. The verb precedes the subject.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Where is the class members?
B. All of the students are here.
C. All of the pie is gone.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Each should buckle themselves in.
B. Each should think of themselves as exempt from the requirement.
C. Did everyone bring their permission slip?
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Physics will never lose their appeal to scientific-minded philosophers.
B. A teacher can seldom discipline a student without angering them.
C. A student should use their own book for the test.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Professors in the union has several options available to them.
B. The audience took its seats.
C. The committee was unanimous in their opinion.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.
Which of the following is correct in the sentence "Each of the students brought ____
dictionary"?
A. his/her
B. their
Which of the following is correct in the sentence "Students normally pay ___ tuition before
___ buy ___ books"?
A. his/her — they — their
B. their — they — there
C. their — they — their
D. his/her — they — there
E. None of the above
Which of the following contains an ambiguous reference?
A. The dog that I bought yesterday bit me today.
B. No one will be expecting you to cook for the party.
C. The writer gives the reader the feeling that he is important.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following examples is prescriptively incorrect?
A. Students should take the practice exams. That would probably raise the class average
considerably.
B. They worked very hard, which helped a lot too.
C. The student works two jobs, which probably interferes with his study time.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following contains a sentential relative clause?
A. I like the stories in which a character learns too late that he is not as smart as he thinks he
is.
B. The novel that most reminds me of O'Connor 's style is Raney.
C. I finally read the novel that you've been telling me about.
D. None of the above
Which of the following is prescriptively incorrect?
A. The teacher graded thirty-five essays, which takes about eight hours of solid work.
B. The teacher graded thirty-five essays, which took about eight hours of solid work.
C. The teacher graded thirty-five essays, which normally would take about eight hours of
solid work.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following is in the accusative case?
A. I
B. who
C. whom
D. they
E. hers
Which of the following is prescriptively incorrect?
A. We employees have a few demands of our own.
B. They gave in to us employees.
C. They will ask Bill and me to draft the letter.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following is prescriptively incorrect?
A. I believe that she and her mother will be at the party.
B. I will talk with whomever is interested in the topic.
C. Your writing the memo is appreciated.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following is prescriptively incorrect?
A. The last person to know was him.
B. Not many people know more about grammar than you.
C. Whom do you think we hired?
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following is correct in the sentence "_____ do you suppose will win the prize?"
A. Who
B. Whom
C. None of the above
Which of the following is correct in the sentence "____ requests a copy will be sent one"?
A. Whoever
B. Whomever
C. Neither of the above
Which of the following is prescriptively incorrect?
A. I would like him to be selected for the prize.
B. I believed him to be honest.
C. I would prefer that he not be notified now.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following verbs is a linking verb?
A. seem
B. think
C. listen
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following sentences is prescriptively correct?
A. The box is really square.
B. The poem is unique.
C. The evil grammarian is completely dead.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Which of the following is a comparative-degree adjective?
A. loud
B. louder
C. loudest
D. All of the above
E. None of the above