___________the employees in that company are women.
a) Many
b) Many of
c) Most
Many of
100
It is seen as positive when a man behaves assertively, decisively, and he is confident at work.
Incorrect
100
Does parallel structure apply to a series of adjectives and nouns?
NO
100
Name all quantifiers we use before countable nouns.
a few, few, a great many, both, many, several
100
Why is the following sentence incorrect?
"The girls loved to play basketball, to wrestle, and running races, just like the boys."
It should include parallel structure with two or more verb phrases:
"The girls loved to play basketball, to wrestle, and TO RUN races, just like the boys."
200
The historical male view that women cannot handle important jobs has been proven to
have ___________ merit over the last several decades.
a. little
b. few
c. a few
a. little
200
Women’s professional expectations are much higher and more varied than they used to be.
Correct
200
In this sentence
"Many Vietnamese believe that marriage should promote the interests of the community, the family, and the couple."
Parallel structure is a series of which grammatical pattern?
it is a series of NOUN PHRASES
200
Name all quantifiers we use before non countable nouns.
a great deal of, a little, little, much
200
Why is the following sentence incorrect?
"The article contained many information about gender roles."
Quantifier MANY is used before countable nouns.
Noun INFORMATION is non countable.
300
Men and women working together can reduce inequality slowly, carefully, and _______________.
a. with significance
b. significantly
c. significant
b. significantly
300
In old-fashioned organizations, a male job applicant might be preferred over a woman even if she has a better education, greater knowledge of the company, and she has worked longer.
Incorrect
300
What is parallel structure?
When each item in a list in a sentence follows the same grammatical pattern, we call it parallel structure. We can have a series of:
adjectives;
noun phrases;
verb phrases;
clauses.
300
Which quantifiers do we use to compare amounts?
fewer, less, more
300
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE:
To get promoted in some companies, women need to be smarter, faster, and _________ than their male co-workers.
a. efficient
b. more efficient
c. more efficiently
b. more efficient
400
Unlike women, men are much more likely to ask for raises, bonuses, bonuses, and ______________.
a. promotes
b. promotings
c. promotions
c. promotions
400
In general, more fewer men than women are employed as elementary school teachers.
Incorrect
400
Why are items in parallel structure often the same length?
Items in parallel structure are often the same length in order to make the ideas easier to understand.
A recent book claims that, in comparison to men, women demonstrate better collaboration, greater caution, and ___________ .
a. a lower error rate
b. they make fewer errors
c. make fewer errors