Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
In Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013, Pat Dorris (2013) suggests “set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
Answer Choices:
In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013,” Pat Dorris (2013) suggests, “Set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
In Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013, Pat Dorris (2013) suggests “Set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013,” Pat Dorris (2013) suggests: “Set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013,” Pat Dorris (2013) suggests, “set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can” (p. 33).
Answer: In “Twelve Time Management Habits to Master in 2013,” Pat Dorris (2013) suggests, “Set aside time to think about what lies ahead, and face all problems as soon as you can.”
Question: Choose the sentence that correctly matches verb tenses.
Answer Choices:
The flowers in the garden bloomed in March because the spring comes earlier these days.
The flowers in the garden blooms in March because the spring comes earlier these days.
The flowers in the garden bloom in March because the spring came earlier these days.
The flowers in the garden blooming in March because the spring is coming earlier these days.
Answer: The flowers in the garden bloomed in March because the spring comes earlier these days.
Question: As chief executive, the president is constitutionally bound to:
Answer Choices:
A. enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.
B. submit a balanced budget to Congress.
C. inform Congress prior to any military action.
D. oversee actions of state governments.
E. honor pronouncements of previous presidents.
Answer: A. enforce laws, treaties, and court orders.
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
“To thine own self be true,” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
Answer Choices:
“To thine own self be true,” Says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
“To thine own self be true,” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
“To thine own self be true” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
“To thine own self be true” says, Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
Answer: “To thine own self be true,” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced, “The sky is falling!”
Answer Choices:
Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced, “The sky is falling.”
Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced “The sky is falling!”
Noted stock analyst, Chicken Little announced, “The sky is falling.”
Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced, “The sky is falling!”
Answer: Noted stock analyst Chicken Little announced, “The sky is falling!”
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) writes, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Answer Choices:
(In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr., 1963, writes “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”)
(In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) writes, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”)
(In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) writes, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy).
Answer: (In Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) writes, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”)
Question: A signing statement:
Answer Choices:
A. is a written declaration that a president may make when signing a bill into law.
B. notifies the public to pieces of the law that the president thinks may be unconstitutional.
C. must accompany treaties submitted to the Senate by the president when seeking advice and consent.
D. Options A and B are true.
Answer: D. Options A and B are true.
Question: Please complete the following sentence by choosing the correct subject/verb agreement:
__________ of the student body ______ against the tuition hike.
Answer Choices:
None of the above
Three-quarters/is
Three-quarters/are
Three-quarters/has
Answer: Three-quarters/is
Question: Choose the sentence that correctly matches verb tenses.
Answer Choices:
Austin liked to gamble but hates to lose.
Austin likes to gamble but hated to lose.
Austin likes to gamble but hates to lose.
Austin liked to gamble but hating to lose.
Answer: Austin likes to gamble but hates to lose.
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work” (2000).
Answer Choices:
In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work” (2000).
In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King (2000) writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King (2000) writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work” (2000).
Answer: In his non-fiction book On Writing, Stephen King (2000) writes, “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
Question: Select the sentence in which the word, usually, appears in the appropriate position.
Answer Choices:
Jason usually listens to classical music.
Usually Jason listens to classical music.
Jason listens to classical music usually.
Answer: Either “A” or “B” is fine.
Question: Please choose the proper pronoun for the sentence below:
All children want to please _______ parents.
Answer Choices:
her
his
his or her
their
Answer: their
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010) asserts that “good writers are generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process. (p. 13)
Answer Choices:
In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010) asserts that “good writers are generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process (p. 13).
In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010) asserts that “good writers are generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process (p. 13).
In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010) asserts that “good writers are generally not born they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process (p. 13).
In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010), it asserts that “good writers are generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process (p. 13).
Answer: In her textbook, Essentials of College English, Kathy Sole (2010) asserts that “good writers are generally not born; they are made,” and she offers helpful strategies for approaching the writing process (p. 13).
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
John asked his assistant, “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
Answer Choices:
John asked his assistant. “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
John asked his assistant “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
John asked his assistant, “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
John asked his assistant: “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
Answer: John asked his assistant, “What time is our meeting with the sales team?”
Question: As commander in chief, the president is:
Answer Choices:
A. the ultimate decision maker in military matters.
B. only a symbolic leader of the military.
C. able to unilaterally declare war.
D. allowed to make military decisions, but only with the approval of the joint chiefs of staff.
E. not responsible for military decisions.
Answer: A. the ultimate decision maker in military matters.
Question: Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below:
The assistant asked Louise, “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
Answer Choices:
The assistant asked Louise “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
The assistant asked Louise: “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
The assistant asked, Louise “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
The assistant asked Louise, “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
Answer: The assistant asked Louise, “Will you attend the dinner on Friday?”
Question: Choose the noun in the sentence below:
The demonstrators had taken no part in the riot.
Answer Choices:
demonstrators
in
the
none of the above
Answer: demonstrators
Question: The following molecule is an example of which class of compounds?
Molecular Structure: CH3(CH2)4COOCH(CH3)2
Answer Choices:
Hydrocarbon
Acid
Ester
Ether
Aldehyde
Answer: Ester
Question: A pocket veto:
Answer Choices:
A. can be used by a president only once during a term in office, although the veto can be used twice if the president serves two terms.
B. can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the president.
C. means that the legislation cannot be reintroduced in the next Congress.
D. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1975.
E. is a way in which the president does not send a veto message back to Congress.
Answer: B. can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the president.