Usage Glossary Review

Which is correct?

• The lawn looks badly today; we have not mowed it for three weeks.

• Did that woman tell her friends that their gift was too expensive for her to accept?

• When my cousin returned from his weeklong vacation, his refrigerator smelled badly.

Which is correct?

• Where did you say that Aunt Sally will live when she moves across town in two weeks?

• All of the jurors accept one believed that the defendant was guilty.

• Cherise was happy that there were alot of the same old choices on the new menu.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• In 1972, every state accept Massachusetts favored Richard Nixon by a majority of electoral college votes.

• Dad says that he would prefer to wait in the car until we are already to leave.

• Darla’s allergy to dogs does not affect her sinuses as severely as her allergy to cats.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• Is it alright if we choose to eat lunch in the courtyard this afternoon?

• Can you believe that those children all ready know how to speak three languages?

• Though they were naturally athletic, the enthusiastic couple played tennis bad.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• Do you think it would be all right if we cooked spaghetti for dinner tomorrow night?

• Even though she was nervous, Cleo played good at the piano recital last night.

• If you have already made up your mind, I will not try to persuade you any more.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• There are far fewer bison today than there were two hundred years ago.

• If you ask me, that little boy doesn’t look to happy.

• José shared the prize money between his many friends.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• There are less jobs in manufacturing now than there once were.

• The extended school year was discussed between the three parents.

• Don’t forget to bring your baseball mitt to my house tonight.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• Derwood might of believed that story about Loch Ness, but I could not tell for sure.

• Mi Ling won’t be able to take her dog along when she goes away to camp.

• She put the flowers among two pages of a favorite childhood book.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• Let’s put less walnuts in this batch of muffins than we put in the last.

• We ought not wander off to far; the trails in this park can be confusing.

• I could have predicted that the most popular song of the year would be that one.

WHICH IS CORRECT?

• Not only was the toddler’s temperature high, but we could tell that he did not feel well.

• When the temperature outside goes below freezing, we let the faucets drip to prevent the pipes from busting.

• The peacock spread it’s feathers and strutted away from the turkey.