Sentence Correction Drill #15

1. A whistle-blower is when an employee reports fraud or mismanagement in a company.

A. when an employee reports fraud or mismanagement
B. an employee who reports fraud or mismanagement
C. reporting by an employee of fraud or mismanagement
D. if an employee reports fraud or mismanagement
E. fraud or mismanagement being reported by an employee

2. After Eliza, the heroine of Shaw's Pygmalion, is transformed from a flower girl into a gentlewoman, she realizes that one's social class matters less than your character.

A. she realizes that one's social class matters less than your
B. she realizes that one's social class matters less than one's
C. then realizing that one's social class matters less than their
D. having realized how social class matters less than
E. there is her realization about how social class matters less than

3. Knowing the roots of words that are hard to spell helps students to become a better speller.

A. helps students to become a better speller
B. is helpful to students who want to be a better speller
C. helps students to become better spellers
D. is helpful to students in becoming a better speller
E. helps a student be better spellers

4. Most experts believe that young children's not being given physical affection, this interferes with their normal development.

A. young children's not being given physical affection, this interferes
B. for young children who have had physical affection withheld from them, it interferes
C. the failure at giving young children physical affection would interfere
D. when withholding physical affection from young children, it interferes
E. the withholding of physical affection from young children interferes

5. Electronic bulletin boards, combining the convenience of a telephone with the massive information storage capacity of a computer, present messages on diverse subjects as astronomy, artificial intelligence, and skydiving.

A. diverse subjects as
B. diverse subjects that are
C. subjects of such diversity as
D. subjects as diverse as
E. a subject as diverse as

6. Free from British rule after the American Revolution, a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of.

A. a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of
B. the idea of a strong central government made wary many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention
C. many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of a strong central government
D. many representatives at the Constitutional Convention felt wary toward a strong central government
E. many representatives at the Constitutional Convention, wary of a strong central government

7. Being cleaner and longer-burning compared with bituminous coal, anthracite was the first coal widely used in the United States for both domestic and industrial purposes.

A. Being cleaner and longer-burning compared with
B. Both cleaner and more longer-burning compared to
C. Cleaner and longer-burning than
D. By burning longer and more clean than
E. Cleaner as well as longer-burning, unlike

8. At graduation, the speaker assured us that our many courses in the liberal arts had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study.

A. had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study
B. had prepared us equally well for the challenges of work and of further study
C. has supplied the preparation for challenging work along with further study
D. leaves us prepared for the challenges of work and further study both
E. were the preparation for making the challenges of work or further study easier

9. Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty, reflect the genre's rural origins.

A. Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty,
B. Modern bluegrass songs through their telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty,
C. Because modern bluegrass songs tell of love and despair and also celebrating mountain beauty, they
D. With modern bluegrass songs that tell of love and despair and celebrate mountain beauty, they
E. Telling of love and despair, modern bluegrass songs celebrating mountain beauty, and they also

10. The fruit fly is often used to study genetic mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly scientists can observe the effects of experiments on several generations.

A. mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly
B. mechanisms, since it reproduces rapidly,
C. mechanisms, since, with its rapid reproduction,
D. mechanisms; because it reproduces rapidly,
E. mechanisms; then rapid reproduction allows

11. Benin was the first sub-Saharan African country to experience a "civilian coup": they were a regime that was dominated by the armed forces and obliged by citizens to implement democratic reforms.

A. they were a regime that was dominated by the armed forces and obliged by
B. they had been a regime that was dominated by the armed forces, when they were obliged to
C. it had a regime, armed forces dominating, but then were obliged to
D. armed forces dominated them until this regime were obliged by
E. a regime, dominated by the armed forces, was obliged by

12. This legend about Admiral Nelson, like other naval heroes, are based only partially on fact.

A. like other naval heroes, are
B. like those of other naval heroes, are
C. like other naval heroes, is
D. like legends about other naval heroes, are
E. like legends about other naval heroes, is

13. Bats and mosquitoes come out at twilight, and the bats would look for mosquitoes and the mosquitoes would look for people.

A. and the bats would look for mosquitoes and the mosquitoes would look
B. and the bats come to look for mosquitoes while the mosquitoes look
C. the bats look for mosquitoes and the mosquitoes are looking
D. the bats looking for mosquitoes while mosquitoes would look
E. the bats to look for mosquitoes and the mosquitoes to look