As a destination, Hawaii is exotic, stimulating, and it has a lot of natural beauty.
What is "and is naturally beautiful"?
100
When including the title "Jr.," or "M.D.," in a sentence, describe how the title would be punctuated.
What is set off in commas?
100
Fix this sentence: The corpse was moved into the back bedroom by me.
What is "I moved the corpse into the back bedroom"?
100
Some words need deleting:
The reason I believe fossil fuels should not be used is because the way I see it, we aren't replenishing fossil fuels when we use them.
What is "The reason I believe," "the way I see it," and "fossil fuels when we use."
100
Fix this:
Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheaply.
What is "As the house was in a dilapidated condition, I . . . "
200
According to the Elements of Style, if presented with the phrase "not only," you must follow with what phrase?
What is "but also"?
200
Tell where the comma goes:
His brother, a student at the same high school pulled the fire alarm that day, saving many lives.
What is after "school"?
200
Fix this sentence: My first visit to Boston will always be remembered by me.
What is "I will always remember my first visit to Boston"?
200
Replaces "He is a man who"
What is "He"?
200
Fix this and tell what rule it violates.
It is nearly past five we cannot reach town before dark.
What is Place a period between "five" and "We."
What is Rule Five, Do not Join Independent Clauses illegally.
300
I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Solve the problems with parallelism.
What is "sitting"?
300
Tell where the comma goes:
I sent the package to 1122 Edgefield Drive, Paris, Tennessee to my Aunt Julia.
What is after "Tennessee"?
300
Fix this sentence: Becoming valedictorian was something that could not be achieved by her.
What is "She could not become valedictorian."
300
One sentence should be deleted:
Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides.
What is "Our household might have been described as uncooperative."
300
Fix the sentence and give the rule it violates:
The situation is perilous, there is still one chance of escape.
What is add the conjunction, "but" after the comma.
What is Rule #5, Do not join independent clauses with a comma (illegally).
400
Take a heavy coat, hiking boots, and you'd better buy water.
How would you solve the problem in this sentence?
What is "Take a heavy coat, hiking boots, and water."
400
This particular type of parenthetical phrase re-names something or someone, as in "Barrack Obama, 44th President of the United States, appeared before the United Nations this week."
What is an appositive
400
The real subject in the sentence: The car was driven by me to the police department.
What is "I"?
400
Fix the problem:
Everything was subservient to the disposal of the tides.
What is Everything depended on the tides.
400
Fix the sentence and name the rule it violates:
Better Call Saul is the prequel. Breaking Bad came first but is set later in time.
What is Better Call Saul is the prequel to Breaking Bad.
What is Rule #6 "Do not break sentences in two"?
500
"First, your argument is not logical. Also, you shouldn't use yourself as an example. Third, your experience may not resemble that of other Wal-Mart shoppers." What word ruins the parallel structure of these sentences?
What is "also"?
500
Two commas are needed here. "Harry Connick Jr. played piano with the New Orleans Symphony last Saturday."
What is before and after Jr.?
500
The real subject in this sentence: The decision was made by the committee to stop progress on the walkway.
What is Committee?
500
Identify the needless phrase
Socrates might be the most important figure in the western world, the reason being that his method of dialoguing to answer questions is still the basis of debate.
What is "the reason being that"?
500
Fix the problem and name the rule violation:
I had never been in the place before, I had difficulty finding my way around.
What is place a semi-colon between the two clauses or a conjunction before the comma.
What is "Do not join independent clauses with a comma"?