Quoting
Sentence Structure
Italics or Quotation Marks
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
100
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. I love the television show, "Breaking Bad" because of the really well-developed story line.
The sentence is correct. You should use quotation marks around the name of a television show.
100
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. I love English class, because learning about writing is interesting.
Incorrect. There should not be a comma before the subordinating conjunction, because.
100
Should a title of a magazine be italicized or have quotation marks around it?
Italicized
100
I will celebrate much longer tonight than (she, her).
she
100
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. I was sick yesterday, but I feel well today.
Incorrect. I was sick yesterday, but I feel good today. Good should be used as an adjective (state of being)
200
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. In the article, The Causes of Violence in America, it says that mental illness is one reason for violence.
Incorrect. The name of the article should be quoted. The use of the word it is repetitive and should be changed.
200
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. While I cannot say that I love homework; I can say that English homework is much more fun than most.
Incorrect. The semi-colon should be a comma instead.
200
Should a title of a song be italicized or have quotation marks around it?
quotation marks
200
I told Kim that this was just between Maria and (I, me), so she needed to stay out of it.
me
200
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. You should run real fast so that you are not late for class.
Incorrect. Real should be really since it is being used as an adverb here to modify fast.
300
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. The article by Stephen Krason discusses, "five sweeping cultural developments of the past fifty or so years [that] are crucial." (Krason 2)
Incorrect. Period should always be placed after the parenthetical. AND No parenthetical is necessary because the author's name is within the sentence and there is no page number for an online article.
300
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. Daley College is inexpensive. Yet, the instructors are first-class.
Incorrect. Traditionally, you should not start a sentence with a coordinating conjunction.
300
Should the name of a website be italicized or have quotation marks around it?
italicized
300
(Who/Whom) should the couple trust for financial advice?
Whom
300
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. You should be a lot more happy in English class.
Incorrect. More happy should actually be happier.
400
When using MLA citation, how many sentences does a quote have to be in order to use a block quote?
More than four lines of prose or three lines of verse.
400
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. This summer is difficult. Although, English class is amazing.
Incorrect. The second sentence is a fragment. Combining the sentences and taking out the comma would fix it.
400
Should a title of a movie be italicized or have quotation marks around it?
italicized
400
Is the following sentence correct as is? If it is not, then explain why it is not correct, and fix the errors. I enjoy English exams because you can show what you know.
Incorrect reason: does not agree in person I enjoy English exams because I can show what I know. OR You enjoy English exams because you can show what you know.
400
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. Lenny is the taller of the two brothers.
Correct. You should use the comparative form of an adjective (er) when comparing two things, people, or places.
500
Is this block quotation done appropriately? Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78)
There is one error, and that is that the entire block quote should be indented.
500
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. She danced.
Correct.
500
Should a title of a newspaper article be italicized or have quotation marks around it?
quotation marks
500
Is the following sentence correct? If it is not correct, please decide if it has a vague, repetitious, or ambiguous pronoun. Then, fix it. The doctor told the patient that he needed the test results.
Incorrect Reason: Ambiguous The doctor told the patient, "You need the test results." The doctor told the patient, "I need the test results." The doctor told the patient that the patient needed the test results. The doctor told the patient that the doctor needed the test results.
500
Is this sentence correct? If it is not correct, identify the error/s and fix it. Surprisingly, she is not in the honors program.
Correct.
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