Week 14 Quiz

A writer has read a one-page cover letter twice on screen and found nothing, but still worries an error is hiding. Which step is one of the three proofreading moves taught this week?

Select one.

• Running spell-check a second time to confirm there are no flagged words
• Rereading the letter silently a third time at the same speed
• Reading the letter aloud so the ear catches what the eye skipped
• Asking a chatbot to rewrite the letter so it sounds more polished

True or false: once spell-check shows no flagged words, a draft's editing is finished, because spell-check catches comma splices and apostrophe errors along with misspellings.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which of these word groups, written for this course, is a fragment?

Select one.

• "Riders complained."
• "Although the neighborhood committee spent three long meetings arguing about the new bus schedule and the fare change."
• "The library closes at ten."
• "Volunteers should finish by five."

An illustrative sentence reads: "The bus was late, the meeting started without us." What is it?

Select one.

• A comma splice: two independent clauses joined by a comma alone
• A fused sentence: two independent clauses with nothing between them
• A fragment: a dependent clause with no independent clause
• A compound sentence: two independent clauses joined correctly

Strunk's Rule 13 sentence reads: "A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts." Which statement describes it?

Select one.

• It is a run-on, because thirty words is too long for one sentence
• It is a comma splice, because each comma joins two independent clauses
• It is a fragment, because its middle part has no verb of its own
• It is a correct sentence, because it has one independent clause

Which of these are valid repairs of the comma splice "The bus was late, the meeting started without us." Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• "The bus was late; the meeting started without us."
• "The bus was late, the meeting, started without us."
• "The bus was late. The meeting started without us."
• "The bus was late the meeting started without us."
• "Because the bus was late, the meeting started without us."

Which version of the sentence-error set's item "The list of sources are on the last page." is correct, and why?

Select one.

• "The list of sources are on the last page," because sources is plural
• "The list of sources are on the last page," because the list holds many sources
• "The list of sources is on the last page," because the real subject is list
• "The list of source is on the last page," because the noun must match the verb

Which version of the sentence-error set's item "The essays thesis is in it's last sentence." is correct?

Select one.

• "The essays' thesis is in it's last sentence."
• "The essay's thesis is in its last sentence."
• "The essay's thesis is in it's last sentence."
• "The essays thesis is in its' last sentence."

Which sentence is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?

Select one.

• "The claim is clear but the evidence is thin."
• "The claim is clear, the evidence is thin."
• "The claim is clear, and specific."
• "The claim is clear, but the evidence is thin."

A student asks a chatbot to fix the grammar in the sentence-error set's pronoun item, "When the tutor met with the writer, she suggested a new thesis." It returns: "When the tutor met with the writer, the writer suggested a new thesis." Why should the student reject this change?

Select one.

• It changes the meaning: in the course's corrected form the tutor made the suggestion
• It creates a comma splice between the two clauses
• It removes a required comma after the introductory element
• It turns the sentence into a fragment with no independent clause