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YOUR FIRST MODERN GRAMMAR LESSON
Your Getting to Know You and Grammar Question – worth a few starter points if you
can answer the Modern Grammar question correctly at our first class meeting Monday,
August 24, 2009. If not, don’t feel bad about not knowing the answer to the question.
After all, the course is designed to cover the concepts related to each question and
therefore equip you with this knowledge. Your name appears in blue above your
assigned question.
Thomas Bailey
1.
Isn’t the use of “bad” in the sentence above incorrect? Shouldn’t the sentence
read “Don’t feel badly about not knowing the answer”?
Wynonia Barrows
2.
Two of my instructors have told me not to write in passive voice. What is passive
voice anyway? Are these sentences in passive voice?
a. The child was last seen in the mall.
b. She was kidnapped at gunpoint.
c. The picture is being presented by the Motion Pictures Association of America.
d. This incident will not be forgotten by me.
Heather Bishop
3.
For some time I have been trying to find some concrete differences between
subordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs. What is the difference?
Kevin Boyer
4.
Are you sure you want to permanently delete the selected messages?
I get the above message each time I try to permanently delete something from my
Deleted Items box. Does this sentence contain a split infinitive? What’s a split
infinitive anyway? Is it incorrect to split an infinitive?
Patricia Cazenavette
5.
What’s the function of neither in each of the sentences below?
Neither computer works.
Neither of the computers works.
Neither the mouse nor the keyboard works.
Susanne Daniels
6.
Other than a swearword or profane word, what is an expletive?
Ashley Danner
7.
What’s a dangling participle? Does the sentence below contain a dangling
participial phrase?
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Emily Fellgren
8.
I have a question regarding the use if who and whom. Please respond with which
choice is correct.
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Whomever you choose, you're a winner with Jack Daniel's.
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David Fennell
9.
What are the words in the list below called?
each
one
nobody
everybody
something
someone
anybody
neither
no one
anyone
somebody
anything
either
nothing
everyone
everything
Lucas Gimlin
10.
To get the best grades he could, he studied hard.
Is “To get the best grades he could” a dependent clause, therefore making the
sentence a complex sentence?
Alixandra Heckman
11.
Are “text” and “Google” verbs? If so, how do you conjugate them?
Justin King
12.
Is it true that a preposition is a word you shouldn’t end a sentence with?
Danielle Leal
13.
The principal parts of the verb “ring” are “ring,” “rang,” and “(has) rung,” and the
principal parts of the verb “sing” are “sing,” “sang,” and “(has) sung.” Therefore, are
the principal parts of the verb “wing” (as in I wasn’t prepared, so I had to wing it)
“wing,” “wang,” and (has) wung”?
Heather Madden
14.
Is it all right to make up English words such as noticer as in I am a “noticer,”
presidentious as in “He looks and acts presidentious,” and humanify as in “As a
humanitarian, I want to humanify this situation.”
Ashley Massie
15.
What is the subject of this sentence?
After the holidays is a downer for some people.
Justin Mccoy
16.
Is it correct to say He went missing a week ago?
Amanda Montaina
17.
Someone told me that “hopeful” is used as a different part of speech in each sentence below.
What part of speech is “hopeful” in each sentence?
A Hopeful First Lady
A First Lady Hopeful
Sandra Motsco
18.
Which sentence is correct?
1. I appreciate your being here.
2. I appreciate you being here.
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Jamie O'neill
19.
Are these gerunds or nouns
five feedings a day, UFO sightings, the sentencing, congressional hearings, a
meeting, readings, mornings, the beginning, the author’s writings
Emma Powers
20.
Identify the auxiliary verbs in the sentences below:
We used to take long vacation trips with the whole family.
We have to leave soon.
Katherine Reaser
21.
Which sentence is incorrect? Which sentence contains the gerund, and which sentence
contains the infinitive.
I enjoy writing.
I enjoy to write.
Jarra Williams
22.
Are there two verbs or one verb in this popular slogan?
Friends don’t let other friends drive drunk.
Shreese Williams
23.
Is it all right to use a noun as a verb in a sentence as in the examples below?
I passworded the account.
I’ll calendar it in.
Many people regift their presents after the holidays.
The animal shelter will rehome your pet for you.
24.
Does the verb difference in these two sentences affect the meaning?
She HAS the most mesmerizing stage presence I’ve ever seen.
She WAS the most mesmerizing stage presence I’ve ever seen.
I.
What is the past tense of “dive” – “dove” or “dived”? What about the past and
past participle of these verbs: strive, blow dry?
II.
Is this sentence in subjunctive mood? What is subjunctive mood anyway?
If Mary were less of a toady, she wouldn't follow the teacher around so much.
III.
"We share your vision of a brighter future for yourself, your family, and everyone
battling eye disease."
Shouldn't the "yourself" be changed to "you?"
IV.
"Have you ate today?" Shouldn't it be "Have you eaten today?" Please let me
know. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Hungry Hallie
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V.
Although TV news helps the public keep up with current events, few would dispute
that news sensationalizes local and world events.
What is “keep up” in this sentence? Is it a verb phrase?
VI.
In short, many genetically variable genes are present in this one system alone.
Is genetically an adverb? If so, is this the correct use of the adverb genetically?
VII.
Which of the following sentences has a nonrestrictive clause?
a.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
b.
The book that is on the top shelf is the textbook.
c.
“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
VIII.
Which sentence is correct?
Don’t take it personal.
Don’t take it personally.