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    If _________ free on Thursday we can meet at ten o'clock.

    • Your
    • You're
    • Youre
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Here are ten sentences to test your grasp of written English. Select the option you think makes each sentence correct. You'll see the errors shown below day in and day out. If you'd like to be a writer who avoids these grammatical howlers (and many others), contact Jemma Duke to sign up for our one-day course in the fundamentals of good English grammar, punctuation and usage.

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  • 2. 

    The system update does not ________ everyone.

    • Affect

    • Effect

    • Efect

    Correct Answer
    A. Affect
    Explanation
    'Affect' is needed here, meaning 'to influence' or 'to impact upon'. 'Effect' is a result or outcome, or when used as an action word means to cause or bring about.

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  • 3. 

    What punctuation mark should replace the second and fourth commas in this sentence to make clear that the list contains four locations and not eight? The company has regional offices in Dallas, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, Denver, Colorado and San Diego, California.

    • A colon

    • A semicolon

    • Looks fine to me

    Correct Answer
    A. A semicolon
    Explanation
    A semicolon after Texas and Arizona would make clear to our reader that there are four sites on our list and not eight.

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  • 4. 

    _____ are a significant risk factor for stroke.

    • TIAs

    • TIA's

    • TIAs'

    Correct Answer
    A. TIAs
    Explanation
    No apostrophe needed here, as we're simply talking about more than one TIA with no ownership or possession.

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  • 5. 

    The success of Team GB in the Olympics will be _____________ on a number of factors.

    • Dependant

    • Dapandant

    • Dependent

    Correct Answer
    A. Dependent
    Explanation
    It's 'dependent' that is the action word needed here to mean 'reliant upon'. A 'dependant' is a person who relies on someone.

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  • 6. 

    Confucius said that everything has ____ beauty, but not everyone sees it.

    • Its

    • It's

    • Its'

    Correct Answer
    A. Its
    Explanation
    We need its without an apostrophe for this one. The apostrophe (between the t and the s, never after the s) is used when we're shortening 'it is' or 'it has' to 'it's'.

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  • 7. 

    Are you coming to lunch with Andy and _____?

    • Me

    • Myself

    • I

    Correct Answer
    A. Me
    Explanation
    We need 'me' here to create the correct sense of person for this sentence.

    Use 'myself' to reflect or refer back to an earlier mention of a person in the sentence:
    'Andy made his lunch himself.'

    Use 'I' when the word that follows is an action:
    'Andy and I had lunch together.'

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  • 8. 

    The __________ reason for taking regular exercise is the health benefits it brings.

    • Principal

    • Principle

    • Principel

    Correct Answer
    A. Principal
    Explanation
    In this case, principal is needed, meaning main, first, foremost. A principle is a rule, law or axiom.

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  • 9. 

    Each of these individuals _____ for the newsletter.

    • Write

    • Writes

    • Write's

    Correct Answer
    A. Writes
    Explanation
    In this sentence 'each' refers to the individuals singly, so the action word needed has to be singular also.

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  • 10. 

    Over 1000 prospective new _________ details were taken at the event.

    • Donors

    • Donor's

    • Donors'

    Correct Answer
    A. Donors'
    Explanation
    Donors' is correct for this sentence, with the apostrophe after the s showing that the details belong to more than one donor.

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