Grammar Exercise Usage Worksheet Part 2 Solution - University

This document presents the solutions to a Grammar Exercise Usage Worksheet, Part 2. It includes a series of sentences, each potentially containing an error related to grammar usage as outlined in a Usage Handbook. For each sentence, the solution identifies the specific error and provides the correct alternative. The exercises cover common mistakes such as incorrect use of 'between' vs. 'among,' 'amount' vs. 'number,' adverbs vs. adjectives, verb tense errors, misused words like 'loose' vs. 'lose,' and incorrect conjunctions. Sentences without errors are marked accordingly. Desklib provides a platform for students to access similar solved assignments and study resources.

Running head: GRAMMAR EXERCISE USAGE WORKSHEET, PART 2
Grammar Exercise Usage Worksheet, Part 2
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1GRAMMAR EXERCISE USAGE WORKSHEET, PART 2
Usage Worksheet, Part 2
Directions: For each sentence below, find the error from the section of the Usage Handbook,
Part 2. Write the error and the correction below the sentence. If a sentence has no error as
listed in the Usage Handbook, write C in the space underneath the sentence next to “Error.” In
such a case, leave the correction section blank. Keep in mind that the writing would be for an
academic audience.
Example: Charlie paints good, so he should go to art school.
Error: paints good
Correction: paints well
Example: Charlie paints well, so he should go to art school.
Error: C
Correction:
1. We divided the money between the seven of us.
Error: between the seven of us
Correction: among the seven of us
2. The amount of cars in the driveway and the yard revealed that there was a party going on
next door.
Error: amount of cars
Correction: number of cars
3. I want to go back to Disney World real bad.
Error: real bad
Correction: I really want to go back to Disney World.
4. We seen you at Walmart nearly every day this week.
Error: seen
Correction: have seen
5. I read the other day where two people were arrested in China for holding hands on a
sidewalk downtown.

2GRAMMAR EXERCISE USAGE WORKSHEET, PART 2
Error: the other day where
Correction: the other day that
6. I could of gone to Spain once for a month to stay with my boss, but I was too shy.
Error: could of
Correction: could have
7. What do we have to loose if we decide not to take a final exam?
Error: have to loose
Correction: have to lose
8. The programs at Charter College are accelerated, so your degree goals are not a long way
away.
Error: degree goals are not a long way away
Correction: degree goals are not away.