MODULE 9: A GLOSSARY OF USAGE
MODULE REVIEW
A. Correcting Errors in Usage
In each sentence below, draw a line through the error in usage. Then write the correct
usage in the space above the word. Some sentences may contain no errors.
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1. We didn't get no rain this summer.
There are scarcely no more wolves left in the United States, except for in Alaska.
EX.
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The Iroquois discovered the game of lacrosse.
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Why are these sorts of games really complicated to play?
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This low-cholesterol recipe calls for less egg yolks.
Place a mirror on that wall to give the allusion of a bigger room.
We saw fewer wildflowers this year then last year.
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Have you ever read this here book called Of Mice and Men?
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I knew I'd left my homework somewheres.
Marie and Pierre Curie invented radium.
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We searched for clues but didn't find nothing.
11. Reindeer and others of these hardy type of animal live in the Arctic.
12. Did you hear where the town wants to build a public swimming pool?
13. It was hard to choose between all of the fine entries in the science contest.
14. Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman which was elected to
Congress.
15. Jordan said he would let us go to the museum.
16. Her powerful speech about the rights of working people really effected the
audience.
17. Vanda's story made an allusion to Tokyo's Kabuki Theater.
18. The Tour de France is a bicycle race that goes quite a long ways around France.
19. We were lucky we didn't have no hurricanes this year.
20. I must of left my books on the bus.