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1.
First person singular uses
A)I
B)You
C)He/She
D)We
2.
A dash tells the reader:
A)We're stopping.
B)What comes next is closely related to what I just said.
C)What comes next is an example of what I just said.
D)What comes next is a dramatic example of or a shift from what I just said.
3.
Letters, memos, emails and reports with mechanical errors
A)Reflect poorly on your work quality
B)Cost time and money
C)Interfere with readability
D)All of the above
4.
Editing for correctness i part of which process
A)Polishing or editing
B)Revising
C)Getting feedback
D)Proofreading
5.
You can usually correct a short run-on sentence by adding
A)Another sentence fragment.
B)Apostrophes.
C)A comma.
D)A period at the end.
6.
Modifiers give more information about a subject, verb, or object in a clause.
A)True
B)False
7.
Dangling modifiers are preferred in business communication.
A)True
B)False
8.
Nouns and pronouns should agree in number.
A)True
B)False
9.
Brackets and parentheses are the same thing.
A)True
B)False
10.
People are unlikely to judge your professional ability based on your grammar, so using correct grammar is only a concern of English professors.
A)True
B)False
11.
A word that appears beside a different element of the sentence than the writer intended is a
A)Dangling Modifier
B)Misplaced Modifier
C)Either of the above
D)Neither of the above
12.
Grammar, like clothing and table manners, is used to estimate social class.
A)True
B)False
13.
To join inclusive dates use a(n)
A)Comma
B)Apostrophe
C)Hyphen
D)Bracket
14.
Parallelism means
A)that lists must use consistent indenting.
B)that the first word in the list must start with the same letter.
C)that items in a series or list must have the same grammatical structure.
D)that items in a series must be listed vertically rather than horizontally.
15.
Why do the rules of English change?
A)The rules don't really change; there are different rules for different countries.
B)The rules don't change.
C)They change because some expert thinks it is fun to change the rules.
D)The rules change because English is a living language.





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