Key to Grammar/Mechanics Checkups1
Key to Grammar/Mechanics Checkups
Chapter 1
1. companies (1.05e) 2. Saturdays (1.05a) 3. cities (1.05e) 4. turkeys (1.05d) 5. inventories (1.05e) 6. Bushes (1.05b) 7. 2000s (1.05g) 8. editors in chief (1.05f) 9. complexes (1.05b) 10. counties (1.05e) 11. Cassidys (1.05a) 12. C (1.05d) 13. liabilities (1.05e) 14. C (1.05h) 15. runners-up (1.05f)
Chapter 2
1. she (1.08b) 2. his (1.09b) 3. him (1.08c) 4. whom (1.08j) 5. hers (1.08d) 6. me (1.08c) 7. I (1.08a) 8. yours (1.08d) 9. whoever (1.08j) 10. me (1.08i) 11. (108f) 12. us (1.08g) 13. her (1.09c) 14. its (1.09g) 15. his or her (1.09b)
Chapter 3
1. are for is (1.10e) 2. is for are (1.10c) 3. was for were (1.10d) 4. knows for know (1.10g) 5. lose for loose (1.15) 6. are for is (1.10f) 7. C (1.10g) 8. begun (1.15b) 9. seen (1.15b) 10. were for was (1.12) 11. gone for went (1.15b) 12. b (1.15c) 13. b (1.15c) 14. a (1.15c) 15. b (1.15c)
Chapter 4
1. tried-and-true (1.17e) 2. seven-year-old (1.17e) 3. bright (1.17c) 4. quickly (1.17d) 5. by only 5 percent (1.17f) 6. work-related (1.17e) 7. their (1.17g) 8. spur-of-the-moment (1.17e) 9. C (1.17e) 10. well-thought-out (1.17e) 11. change-of-address (1.17e) 12. case-by-case (1.17e) 13. were nearer (1.17b) 14. bad (1.17c) 15. smoothly (1.17d)
Chapter 5
1. a (1.19d) 2. b. (1.19c) 3. b (1.19d) 4. b (1.19c) 5. b (1.19a) 6. b (1.18a) 7. b (1.18b) 8. b (1.18c) 9. b (1.18d) 10. b (1.18e) 11. b (1.19a 12. b (1.19b) 13. b (1.19c) 14. a (1.18b) 15. b (1.19c)
Chapter 6
1. (2) think, hand, (2.03) 2. (2) certain, Mr. Nosrati, (2.02) 3. (2) creative, collaborative, (2.01) 4. (0) 5. (1) say, (2.03) 6. (4) McDonough, Georgia, Grand Forks, North Dakota, (2.04c) 7. (1) way, (2.03) 8. (2) March 23, 2005, (2.04a) 9. (2) Mr. Maslow, Mrs. Kim, (2.01) 10. (4) Industries, 6920 Main Street, Detroit, MI 48201, (2.04b) 11. (2) feels, nevertheless, (2.03) 12. communication, fairly, (2.01) 13. (1) business, (2.02) 14. (2) Carson, however, (2.03) 14. (4) Hartford, Connecticut, to San Diego, California, (2.04c)
Chapter 7
1. (1) Australia, (2.06a) 2. (1) world, (2.05) 3. 0 (2.05) 4. (2) Sanchez, France, (2.06c) 5. (1) imaginative, (2.08) 6. (0) (2.06c) 7. (2) Manning, Generation, (2.09) 8. (1) weeks, (2.07) 9. (1) language, (2.06a) 10. successful, (2.07) 11. (2) meetings, plans, (2.01) 12. (3) hired, Monday, June 2, (2.06a, 2.04a) 13. (1) Sunnyvale, (2.06c) 14. (3) telephone, Thursday, March 4, (2.06a, 2.04a) 15. (1) times, (2.05)
Chapter 8
1. (2) optimism,” Powell, (2.14a) 2. (3) Cox, Ph.D., Pam Rankey, (2.10) 3. (1) June 2, (2.14b) 4. (0) (2.15) 5. monitor, (2.12) 6. (3) know, work, travel, (2.06a, 2.01) 7. (2) think, however, (2.03) 8. (2) position, Creek-Lea, (2.07, 2.06c) 9. (3) considered, Vegas, Scottsdale, (2.03, 2.01) 10. (2) closely, Friday, (2.06a, 2.11) 11. (2) years, individuals, (2.07, 2.09) 12. (2) DuBay, week, (2.06, 2.15) 13. (0) (2.06c) 14. (4) weapons, report, companies, more robots, (2.06c, 2.01) 15. (2) fact, unprotected, (2.03, 2.08)
Chapter 9
1. (3) less; long-term financing, on the other hand, (2.03, 2.16b) 2. (2) January; therefore, (2.16a) 3. (3) months: October, November, (2.01, 2.17a) 4. (1) are [delete comma] (2.17b) 5. (1) money, (2.06a, 2.16b) 6. (3) credit; resort, however, (2.03, 2.16b) 7. (3) credit: commercial, paper, (2.01, 2.17a) 8. (9) businesspeople: Lynne Krause, financial manager, American International Investments; Patrick Coughlin, comptroller, NationsBank; and Shannon Daly, legal counsel, (2.16d, 2.17) 9. (1)largest banks, (2.05) 10. (5) charges; for example, average daily balance, adjusted balance, two-cycle average daily balance, (2.16e. 2.01) 11. (2) rating, loan, (2.06c, 2.16c) 12. (2) Union Bank, to [delete colon] (2.06a, 2.17b) 13. (2) high; therefore, (2.16) 14. (2) 18 percent, prohibitive; (2.06a, 2.16c) 15. (1)resources; (2.16b)
Chapter 10
1. Sullivan's (2.21) 2. years' (2.20b) 3. weeks' (2.20b) 4. Miller's (2.21) 5. employees' (2.20b) 6. witness's (2.20b) 7. Lisa's (2.22) 8. money's (2.20a) 9. C (2.20a) 10. month's (2.20a) 11. boss's (2.20b) 12. secretary's (2.20a) 13. C (2.20a) 14. company's (2.20a) 15. businesses' (2.20b)
Chapter 11
1. (2) recipients— Peerson—(2.26a) 2. please, Dr. Kerlin, filed (2.02, 2.23a) 3. figures (see Appendix A) (2.27) 4. (2) “Web site” (2.28c) 5. (4) Harvard— M.B.A. (2.23b, 2.26c) 6. (2) said, “Why like?” (2.28f) 7. (4) The Wall Street Journal (use italics or underscore) “Oracle's Study”? (2.28e, 2.28f 8. (2) states— Oregon— (2.26a) 9. (5) Mr. Francisco M. Arce, Ms. Brenda Marini, and Dr. Patricia Franzoia? (2.23b, 2.24) 10. (3) “The Meeting” The Etiquette Advantage in Business (2.28e) 11. (2) task”; however, (2.16, 2.28f) 12. speculator “one changes.” (2.28d) 13. (2) “gross.” (2.28c) 14. (3) 2 p.m.? (2.23b, 2.24) 15. (3) Wow! out, haven't you? (2.24, 2.25)
Chapter 12
1. (8) United plane Gate 3B Key West International Airport (3.01, 3.02, 3.07) 2. (6) Japanese international Japanese economics professor University (3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.06d) 3. (3) entrepreneur consulting firm (3.01) 4. (4) psychology math history English (3.05) 5. (4) Harry Potter Endless Cash (3.12) 6. (4) Dell Inspiron notebook computer (3.11) 7. (4) federal government state county (3.10) 8. United States We foreign (3.01, 3.06c, 3.13) 9. (8) comptroller president board directors Securities Exchange Commission company (3.01, 3.04, 3.06e) 10. (5) father Death Valley moon stars (3.03, 3.06g, 3.14) 11. (7) marketing director manager ad campaign wireless phone (3.01,3.06d, 3.06e, 3.09, 3.11) 12. (7) spring admissions director Venezuela Colombia Ecuador students (3.01, 3.06a, 3.16) 13. (4) Park island River Bridge (3.01, 3.03) 14. (3) Accounting Department master's (3.05, 3.07, 3.09) 15. (5) Figure Chapter Census Bureau English (3.02, 3.04, 3.07)
Chapter 13
1. b (4.01a) 2. a (4.05b) 3. a (4.01a) 4. b (4.03) 5. b (4.02) 6. a (4.03) 7. b (4.04) 8. b (4.07) 9. b (4.08) 10. b (4.10) 11. b (4.02) 12. b (4.08) 13. b (4.12) 14. a (4.06) 15. a (4.06)
Chapter 14
1. b (2.16a) 2. c (2.05) 3. b (2.06) 4. a (2.16a) 5. c (2.15) 6. b (2.16b) 7. b (2.17a) 8. a. (2.20) 9. c (2.16d) 10. b (2.04a)