Please answer the following and indicate why, plus the rules involved. (Pls. indicate if you're a native speaker or not.) Thanks.
1) Which is/are grammatically correct?
a. My application was rejected because I WAS a student.
b. My application was rejected because I AM a student?
c. Both
2) Which is/are grammatically correct?
a. What day should I submit the application form?
b. What day should I submit the application form IN?
c. Both
3) Which is/are grammatically correct?
a. I don't like it and so doesn't he.
b. I don't like it and so does he.
c. I don't like it and so does he NOT.
d. I don't like it and so does NOT he.
e. All of the above
4) Which is/are grammatically correct?
a. How dare he?
b. How dare him?
c. Both
5) Sandy and Nina are both 23 year old ladies. Which is/are grammatically correct?
a. They are the same age.
b. They are of the same age.
c. They have the same age.
d. Sandy is the same age as Nina is.
e. Sandy is of the same age as Nina.
f. Other possible answers: pls. specify ____________
6) What should be the response to the question "Do you have any question?"?
a. No
b. None
c. Both
7) Complete the sentence: Every employee must go to the conference room. __________ should bring the required documents.
a. He/She
b. They
c. Both 1) a. - shifting of tenses (eg. past to present) is a no-no.
2) a. - "in" is never used for single days.
3) None of the answers are correct. It should read, "I don't like it and neither does he."
4) a.
5) a, b, c, e, plus, "Sandy is the same age as Nina."
6) c. - Grammatically, it should be "no [we don't have any questions]", but "none" is more commonly used because it answers the question more directly.
7) a. - "Every"indicates individuality. Same as "each." Therefore we use singular pronouns. 1)b
2)b
3)a
4)a
5)e
6)c
7)a 1) B is correct because that is the reason the application was rejected. You are still a student, and you are not past tense.
2) A is correct because you don't want to end a sentence in a preposition; and if you do, you would want to end the sentence in ON.
3) None of those are correct. You should say: I don't like it, and neither does he.
4) A is correct because HE is the subject of the question. You would never make HIM a subject. HE being a noun.
5) You could correctly say A or B. For C, you never end a sentence in "is" because it is a "be" verb. It is the same as ending a sentence with a preposition: You don't do it! E is not correct because it is too wordy.
6) C. Both are correct.
7) C. You could really use either He/She or They. He/She, however, makes more sense because it is in the singular form as is the subject of the previous sentence "Every employee." 1. A and C. C, because conversationally they are both correct. A because grammatically A is more correct than B in that it follows the original rule of verb tense consistency within a sentence.
2. A, for two reasons. 1: traditionally one should not end a sentence with a preposition. 2: the preposition 'in' is used for years (in 1992), months (in January), seasons (in summer) and centuries (in the 20th century), where as 'on' is used for days: (on Tuesday, on December 4th). As such, a more correct version (traditionally, but not conversationally) would be: On what day should I submit the application form?
3. None of the above. It should be: I don't like it and neither does he.
4. A. Here we need the subject form because it's short for 'How dare he (do 'x')' as in 'How dare he call me a dog!'. Him, on the other hand, is the object form, indicating a recipient of action, rather than the origin of the action, as in the subject form.
5. A, D and also "Sandy is the same age as Nina." Why? Age is something you are, not something you have. To explain, 'be' is used for things that apply to the entire individual, as in 'He is tall.' or 'She is happy' or 'He is 35 years old.' Whereas 'have' is used for things that apply to a part of the person: 'He has short hair.' 'She has long fingers'. etc. Also 'of' is frequently used to describe an origin. As such, 'of' with 'age' describes a person from a particular historical or geological age as in: 'people of the iron age had better weapons and tools than people of the stone age'.
6. The question itself is incorrect. You may say "Do you have a question?" or "Do you have any questions?" 'any' is always used with a plural. The correct reply would be: 'No, I don't' or 'Yes, I do.'
7. Technically, neither. You should say 'Each should bring the required documents' although 'They' would be conversationally acceptable. C: both are correct, A because an application you made was rejected when you were a student, B because an application you have made as a student has been rejected
A : the obvious answer
B :
C:
A,B,Dand E are all correct.
C
I am not a Native speaker
B Native speaker here. My job is editing/teaching U.S. English to those learning English as a second language.
1. That depends on which is true: Are you still a student at this time when your application has just been rejected? Or are you speaking of something that happened in the past at which time you were a student? Not enough information here to answer.
2. The answer is (a), definitely! "In" would not be correct in any case because it would be "on," not "in," but it is not normally acceptable to put a preposition like "on" at the end of a sentence. (But it is correct sometimes--no time to explain the exceptions.)
3. None of these. It should be: I don't like it and neither does he. (If you mean that you have your own opinion and he has his own separate opinion). Or: I don't like it and therefore he doesn't (if you mean that he tends to match his opinions with yours and that he does not have his own separate opinion). So it depends on what you mean. But none of the choices you give would be grammatical in the least-- and could not really even be understood in English. (d) is close: You could say "I don't like it so he doesn't" (or does not). If that's what you mean--omitting "and." This would express the idea that BECAUSE you don't like it, then he doesn't like it. That is, that he likes or dislikes whatever you like or dislike. But really, dear, it isn't plain what you do mean. The use of English here is not close enough to any possible meaning to be sure what you intended to express, not at all. But I love the effort you are making!
4. (a) How dare he. To find the grammatical rule, which is rather complicated, go to a grammar book on English verbs and find the explanation for the subjunctive mood of verbs. The subjunctive form is used with words such as hope, dare, think, dream, wish, etc.--verbs that don't express the past, present, or future but express a state of mind and things like that. But there's more to it. You need to study a grammar book to learn about the subjunctive mood of verbs because it would take too much of my time today to fully explain. But anyway, how dare he is correct (usually written with an exclamation point, How dare he!). And this makes the form of the pronoun change from him to he. Well, that's not the only problem either, the way you asked this, but enough for now.
5. (a) They are the same age. But why would you say that anyway? It's obvious they are the same age because they are both 23. We call it redundant to state the very same thing all over again, and to be redundant is to use bad grammar. So don't say both "they are 23" and "they are the same age." It's redundant.
6. You mean any questions -- put an "S" on the end of the plural word questions. A simple no is fine, but none would also be correct, so the answer is either--which is not one of the choices here.
7. (a) He/She is deemed correct these days, but to tell you the truth, in spoken English, we in the U.S. just say "they." Which is incorrect because it is a plural word referring to a single person. The word "each" shows that we are referring to just one person so it cannot be "they" which is plural--but well-educated people do say "they" all the time. I know my answer will only confuse you, sorry! To be safe, in written language as contrasted to spoken language, put He/She.
I know you are going to be very, very good at English because I see that you are really trying hard to understand the fine points of grammar. Good luck! Wish I could help more, but back to work now for me.... I am a native British English speaker and an experienced writer. Let's hope I can help you with these, some of which are a bit tricky even for people like me.
(1) (a) would be more usual, although (b) is correct, too.
There is a subtle difference in meaning. In (a), the whole business of applying and being rejected is in the past; indeed the speaker may not be a student any more. In (b) the business is more recent and the speaker is definitely still a student.
(2) (a) is acceptable; (b) is definitely wrong because dates take the preposition "on", not "in". English speakers love prepositions and will use them whenever they can, so a native speaker might well say "What day should I submit the application form on?" or, if in writing, "On what day should I submit the application form?"
(3) None of these is correct. You should say "I don't like it and neither does he."
(4) (a) is correct. You can't say "How dare him?" because "dare" is an intransitive verb and so cannot take the object "him".
(5) (a) is the best, although all except (e) are acceptable. The form that a native speaker would most naturally use is probably "Both of them are the same age" or "Both Sandy and Nina are the same age" or (probably most common) "Sandy and Nina are both the same age".
(6) The question is wrong. It should be either "Do you have a question?" (rare, and a bit rude) or "Do you have any questions?". In response, either (a) or (b) is equally correct.
(7) A difficult one, because English usage is changing rapidly in this area. According to a few old-style grammarians, the correct answer is (a) ("he/she"), because each instance of "every employee" is singular. However, if you actually used this form in speech many people would answer "Who?" because they would think you were saying that one specific person should bring all the documents. If you want to convey the idea that everyone should bring their own set of documents, you need to use (b) ("they"). This also gets round the awkward problem of gender and having to say "he or she". Actually, the whole thing is a bit artificial because a native speaker would say "Everyone should go to the conference room, bringing the required documents", which would remove all the ambiguity and get round the gender problem at the same time.
Hope this helps. 1 both
2 a
3 none - I don't like it and neither does he.
4 a
5 a-d - Although some are a little better than others. I would use a or Sandy and Nina are the same age.
6 a
7 b I'm not a native speaker.
1.) a. It doesn't matter whether you are still a student or not as long as when your application was rejected, you were a student. This is subject-verb agreement.
2.) b. The word "submit" already means the word "hand in" and the extra "in" is not needed.
3.) a and c. a is used in speech while c is used in formal writings.
4.) a.
5.) b, c and e.
6.) a.
7.) Both. 1. The answer depends if you're already a graduate or still a student.
2. A.
3. B.
4. B.
5. F: Sandy and Nina are both of the same age.
6. B.
7. A. dude. lol....we can't do you're homework for you. My homework days are over! You get on with yours! 1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. Sandy and Nina are both 23 years of age.
6. b
7. They well, for question 1 is: C
question 2 :B
question 3:B
question 4:C
question 5:sandy and nina are both 23 years old.
question 6:A~and your question is wrong its suppose t b ... questions?
question 7:A |
