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A Because of the Internet, B working at jobs C at home D have become much more common. E NO ERROR
D - have become
The error is “have become,” which should be “has become.” The plural form of the auxiliary verb “have” is incorrect because the subject of the independent clause is “working,” which is singular and thus takes a singular verb—i.e. “working has…”
The other underlined sections are correct.
The A President and the B Speaker of the House found the C Congressional Republicans’ filibusters to be D all together spacious. E NO ERROR
D - all together
This is incorrectly spelled as two words. In this sentence, it should be “altogether,” a one-word adverb modifying the adjective “spacious” and meaning “entirely” or “completely.” “All together” would be used for a different meaning, e.g. “The family members were all together at the reunion.”
The President (A), Speaker of the House (B), and Republicans’ (C) are all correctly capitalized as they are titles. The adjective congressional (C) refers to Congress (a proper name and thus capitalized), but as an adjective it is lower-case unless part of a proper name.
The recent discovery of the short films A and the personal diary B of the renowned inventor C allow historians to appreciate his genius D even more. E NO ERROR
C - allow
This sentence features an error of subject-verb agreement. The subject of this sentence is singular: "the recent discovery," though the following elaboration of short films and a personal diary can be misleading they do not change the grammatical subject of the sentence. Therefore the verb should be "allows."
His family grew up eating a steady diet of meat and potatoes, and now they A are reluctant B to try new foods C like enchiladas D and kale chips. E NO ERROR
E - NO ERROR
“Pull it out A by B its plug, not by the C cord,” said D Dad. E NO ERROR
E - NO ERROR
A Professor Lane, our B Computer Science teacher, was excited when he had the opportunity to meet C Bill Gates, the D president of Microsoft, Inc. E NO ERROR
E - NO ERROR
There is no error in this sentence. Titles and proper names (A) are capitalized. Academic subjects or departments are lower-case (e.g. department of computer science) unless they are adjectives (Computer Science teacher) (B) or proper nouns (English, French, etc.) Bill Gates (C) is a proper noun, i.e. a name, and is always capitalized. “…the president” (D) is correctly lower-case both because it is used after a name, and because it is a used as a description rather than a title here.
The A buzzing noises B emitting from the alarm clock C makes me cringe D every time that I hear them. E NO ERROR
C - makes
This sentence has a problem with subject-verb agreement. The verb “makes” does not agree with the plural subject “noises.” The corrected sentence reads: The buzzing noises emitting from the alarm clock make me cringe every time that I hear them.
Having A arrived late for B practice, C a written excuse D was needed. E NO ERROR
C - a written excuse
Who arrived late? This sentence says that the written excuse arrived late. To revise, decide who actually arrived late. The possible revision might look like this:Though "was not decided" is in the passive voice, it is not grammatically wrong, just weaker writing. "By" is the correct usage, "and had" is a verb-verb agreement, both are in past tense.
Correct sentence: Having arrived late for practice, the team captain needed a written excuse.
Symptoms of this illness A that warrant a doctor visit B includes fever, C vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as the D loss of appetite. E NO ERROR
B - includes
“Includes” is incorrect because it is the singular form of the verb, but the subject, “symptoms,” is plural. The verb should be “include.”
The subordinating conjunction “that” introducing the dependent clause, and its plural verb “warrant,” (A) are both correct. “…vomiting, and” (C) is punctuated correctly as the last in a series of three or more words. The singular noun “loss” (D) is correct.
Do you think A they B will C except our plan D without an argument? E NO ERROR
C - except
The verb is misspelled here. For the correct meaning, it should be “accept,” i.e. to consent or agree to our plan. “Except” means other than, besides, but, etc. Used as a verb as in this sentence, it would mean to make an exception of our plan, which is incorrect as it contradicts the rest of the sentence (without an argument).
“They” (A) and “will” (B) are used correctly as subject pronoun and auxiliary verb. “Without” (D) is correctly used as a preposition.
While I appreciate your efforts A to ensure that the event runs smoothly, B it is C interfering with my ability to give the artists the flexibility D they require. E NO ERROR
B - it is
In this sentence, the pronoun “it” does not agree in number with its antecedent “efforts.” The corrected sentence reads: While I appreciate your efforts to ensure that the event runs smoothly, they are interfering with my ability to give the artists the flexibility they require.
Lauren sulked A all during school because she felt B "left out," but the conversation was C between Jenny and I, and I had every right D to keep it that way. E NO ERROR
C - between Jenny and I
"Between Jenny and I" is incorrect. In this case, the sentence should say, "Lauren sulked all during school because she felt 'left out,' but the conversation was between Jenny and me, and I had every right to keep it that way." This sentence has a pronoun case error. Since Jenny and the speaker are objects (grammatically) within the sentence, the objective case pronoun ("me") is required, instead of the subjective case pronoun ("I"). In order to better understand these situations, when the phrase includes a noun and a pronoun simply remove the noun before the pronoun, for example, remove "Jenny and." Once you do that, you will much more easily identify the correct pronoun.
Another example: "Dad bought Roger and I a bicycle." As opposed to: "Dad bought (Roger and) I a bicycle." One would not say: "Dad bought I a bicycle."
A Either Lisa or Karen B will always volunteer C their valuable D time to serve on our board. E NO ERROR
C - their
“Their” is incorrect because it is a plural third-person possessive pronoun, but the use of “either (A)…or” indicates a singular form. It should be “her.”
“Will always volunteer” (B) is a singular verb phrase and is correct. “Time” (D) is correct regardless of whether it is modified by a singular (“her”) or plural (“their”) possessive pronoun, e.g. “They both volunteered their valuable time.”
“They A had went to the lake B without me C by the time D I got there,” said Jacques. E NO ERROR
A - had went
The correct form for the past perfect tense of the irregular verb “to go” is “had gone,” not “had went.” “Went” is only used as the past tense, without the auxiliary “had.”
The prepositional phrase (B) is correct. The two parts of the dependent clause (C and D) “by the time I got there” are correct.
A Looking down from the summit, Stacy's friends' faces B were blurry as C they smiled up D at her. E NO ERROR
A - Looking down
The subject of the main clause (after the comma) is "faces" (particularly "Stacy's friends' faces"), which cannot logically be the subject of the first clause. This disagreement creates a dangling clause. It must be the subject (of the whole sentence) who is "looking down," but one can infer that it is Stacy who is at the summit, because her "friends' faces" "smiled up at her."
Members of the blue team travel around the city A collecting buttons, and B it C will not be able to communicate with the red team D at any time. E NO ERROR
B - it
In this sentence, the pronoun “it” does not match in number with its antecedent “Members.” The corrected sentence reads: Members of the blue team travel around the city collecting buttons, and they will not be able to communicate with the red team at any time.
The conversation with her A mother had a more profound B affect on her C than D she expected. E NO ERROR
B - affect
The correct noun for this meaning is spelled “effect.” “Affect” when it is a noun means mood or emotional state, e.g. “The patient presented with a depressed affect.” When it is a verb, the meaning of “affect” is related to the meaning of the noun “effect;” e.g. “The experience had a harmful effect on her, but it did not affect her brother the same way.”
“…her mother” (A) is correctly not capitalized as it is a noun, not a name/proper noun (e.g. “Hello, Mother.”)
Work A as quick B as you C can but D as carefully as possible when you take the test. E NO ERROR
A - as quick
The error is “quick,” which is an adjective; here it should be the adverb “quickly” instead, describing manner (how) to modify the verb “Work.”
“…as carefully” (D) is an example of the correct usage. The other underlined sections are correct.
Harold A had always found the specialized B jargon of C artisanal coffee shops D being confusing and intimidating. E NO ERROR
D - being
This sentence does not use the correct form of the verb that follows “found.”
The corrected sentence reads: Harold had always found the specialized jargon of artisanal coffee shops to be confusing and intimidating.
Susan's term paper was definitely the A most thorough researched work B she had done all year, but she C was still worried that the teacher wouldn't like D it. E NO ERROR
A - most thorough
The error here is "most thorough." Since "thorough" is followed by an adjective, it is an adverb, and thus must become "thoroughly." The correct way to write this would be "the most thoroughly researched." Adding the "-ly" to an adjective usually makes it an adverb, and every time and adjective is describing another adjective or a verb it must become an adverb.
The "it" at the end is the correct pronoun, as "it" is referring to the paper.