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Pop Questions 2008

 

Solution - lightbulb14 Dec 2008 Told —  Say vs. Tell

Quick-thinking pizza man told he threw a large, hot pepperoni pizza at gunman to stop him.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb17 Dec 2008 Lay —  Lie vs. Lay

Laid-off workers lay the blame on management. "We're not going to take this laying down!"

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb30 Nov 2008 Accept —  Accept vs. Except

Will Contress except the automakers' proposal?

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb23 Nov 2008 Domino effect —  Affect vs. Effect

If General Motors fails, it will have a domino affect on the rest of the country

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb16 Nov 2008 Bullet Lists — Bulleted & Numbered Lists

Automakers will be expected to: change corporate management; design more energy-efficient cars; retool auto factories; and to get auto workers back to work.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb9 Nov 2008 Appositives — Punctuating Comments

Barack Obama (President-Elect) will begin to build his transition team and appoint his cabinet.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb2 Nov 2008 Parallel — Parallel phrasing

We stood in a long line waiting, talking and discussed how to fix this this country.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb26 Oct 2008   Series — Punctuating a series of items

Punch mark or fill in your ballot!

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb19 Oct 2008 Sentence to Nowhere — Complete thought


 I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20, that will be our top priority is to defend the American people.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb12 Oct 2008 Because of — Because | Because of/ In spite of | Pronouns | Commas

Because of it is coming soon, news coverage of the election is increasing.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb28 Sep 2008 Never — Present Perf - experience - word order - emphasis

Never we have to have a financial bailout of banking institutions in the U.S. before.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb21 Sep 2008  That-what — What–Subj Clauses

Obama - What he said that change is coming.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb14 Sep 2008 Try — Verbs followed by Gerunds or Infinitives | Using hyphens

Juvenile court to try shooting defendent.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb7 Sep 2008 Modifiers — Number modifiers | Noun modifiers

Senator Obama spoke in front of a eighty-thousand persons audience.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb8/31/2008 Alcatraz — Participial adj clauses  | That-(be) Deletion |  Commas with clauses

Alcatraz Island surrounding by fog was a depressing place to serve time in prison.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb24 Aug 2008 Purpose — Infinitives - purpose | Gerunds - function

Why did you come here? I came for getting a good education.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb17 Aug 2008 Source — Past - reporting source |   Present Perf - "up to now"

Where did you go on your vacation? We have been to the beach this summer.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb25 May 2008 Sheep — Participle Modifiers |  Irreg agreement  | Preps of place  | Gerunds - clause shortening

I was surprising to see the sheeps were walking in the road.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb05/18/2008  Even — Indeed / Even  | Because/ Though

The Gingerbread House Maker: He even works though he is retired now.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb11 May 2008 Balloons — Possessive relative pronoun

The runner who his balloons popped ran to the finish line naked.

 

 

 

 

Solution - lightbulb4 May 2008 Fruits — A complete sentence |  Fewer vs. less | Fruit vs. fruits

More fruits and vegetables, less wrinkles!