Chapter 14 Editing for Grammar and Punctuation Answer Key
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Truel/ lFalselQuestions
1. Business lleaders larelunlikelyltolconsider lgood lgrammarland lmechanics las lessentiallto
creatingleffectivelmessages land ltoldemonstratinglquality.
FALSE
On lthelonelhand,lgrammarland lpunctuation larelthelleast limportant lpart lof lanylmessage: lTheli
deas land ltheirlarrangement lmatterlfarlmore.lOn lthelotherlhand,lmanylbusiness lleaders lseelg
ood lgrammarland lmechanics las lessentialltolcreatingleffectivelmessages—
and ltoldemonstratinglquality.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-01lApplylstrategies lforlprofessionallimagelcreationlwithlgrammarlandlmechanics.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lCreatinglalprofessionallimage,l2
2. Alwriterlshould lnot ltryltolfixlgrammarland lpunctuation lerrors lin lthelfirst land lsecond ldrafts
of lalmessage.
TRUE
Don’t ltryltolfixlerrors lin lyourlfirst land lsecond ldrafts.lThelbrain lcan’t lattend lboth ltolbiglideas l
and ltolsentence-levellconcerns lat lthelsameltime.lBut ldolsaveltimeltolchecklyourlalmost-
finalldraft ltoleliminatelanylerrors lin lgrammar,lpunctuation,land lword lchoice.
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umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelorlpart.
, Blooms:lRememberl
LearninglObjective:l14-01lApplylstrategies lforlprofessionallimagelcreationlwithlgrammarlandlmechanics.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lCreatinglalprofessionallimage,l2
3. Alsubject land lalverb lis lsaid ltolagreelwith leach lotherlwhen lonelis lsingularland lthelother
plural,lorlvicelversa.
FALSE
Subjects land lverbs lagreelwhen ltheylarelboth lsingular lorlboth lplural.lSubject-
verb lagreement lerrors loften loccurlwhen lotherlwords lcomelbetween lthelsubject land lthelverb.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
4. U.S.lusageltreats lcompanylnames land lthelwords l"company"land l"government"laslplural
nouns.
FALSE
U.S.lusageltreats lcompanylnames land lthelwords l"company"land l"government"laslsingular lnou
ns.lBritish lusageltreats lthemlas lplural.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
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umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelor lpart.
,5. Caselrefers ltolthelgrammaticallrolelalnoun lorlpronoun lplays lin lalsentence.
TRUE
Caselrefers ltolthelgrammaticallrolelalnoun lorlpronoun lplays lin lalsentence.lUselnominat ivelpro
nouns lforlthelsubject lof lalclauseland lpossessivelpronouns ltolshowlwholorlwhat lsomethinglbel
ongs lto.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
6. Almodifierldangles lwhen lthelword lit lmodifies lislat lthelbeginninglof lthelsentence.
FALSE
Modifiers larelwords lorlphrases lthat lgivelmorelinformation labout lthelsubject,lverb,lorlobje
ct lin lalclause.lAlmodifierldangles lwhen lthelword lit lmodifies lislnot lactuallylin lthelsentence.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
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HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelorlpart.
, 7. Almisplaced lmodifierlcan lbelcorrected lbylmovinglit lfartherlawaylfromlthelword lthat lit
modifies.
FALSE
Almisplaced lmodifierlappears ltolmodifylanother lelement lof lthelsentencelthan lthelwriterlinten
ded.lAlmisplaced lmodifierlcan lbelcorrected lbylmovinglit lclos erltolthelword lit lmodifies lorlbylad
dinglpunctuation ltolclarifylthelmeaning.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
8. Alcommalspliceloccurs lwhen ltwolmain lclauses lareljoined lbylboth lalcommalaslwelllas la
coordinatingl conjunction.
FALSE
Alcommalsplicelorlcommalfault loccurs lwhen ltwolmain lclauses lareljoined lonlylbylalcommal(inste
ad lof lbylalcommaland lalcoordinatinglconjunction).
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-03lApplylprinciples lforlsentencelerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lHow lcanlIlfixlsentencelerrors?
14-21
©l2014 lby lMcGraw-
HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelor lpart.
l l l l l l l l
Truel/ lFalselQuestions
1. Business lleaders larelunlikelyltolconsider lgood lgrammarland lmechanics las lessentiallto
creatingleffectivelmessages land ltoldemonstratinglquality.
FALSE
On lthelonelhand,lgrammarland lpunctuation larelthelleast limportant lpart lof lanylmessage: lTheli
deas land ltheirlarrangement lmatterlfarlmore.lOn lthelotherlhand,lmanylbusiness lleaders lseelg
ood lgrammarland lmechanics las lessentialltolcreatingleffectivelmessages—
and ltoldemonstratinglquality.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-01lApplylstrategies lforlprofessionallimagelcreationlwithlgrammarlandlmechanics.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lCreatinglalprofessionallimage,l2
2. Alwriterlshould lnot ltryltolfixlgrammarland lpunctuation lerrors lin lthelfirst land lsecond ldrafts
of lalmessage.
TRUE
Don’t ltryltolfixlerrors lin lyourlfirst land lsecond ldrafts.lThelbrain lcan’t lattend lboth ltolbiglideas l
and ltolsentence-levellconcerns lat lthelsameltime.lBut ldolsaveltimeltolchecklyourlalmost-
finalldraft ltoleliminatelanylerrors lin lgrammar,lpunctuation,land lword lchoice.
AACSB:lCommunication
14-18
©l2014 lby lMcGraw-
HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelorlpart.
, Blooms:lRememberl
LearninglObjective:l14-01lApplylstrategies lforlprofessionallimagelcreationlwithlgrammarlandlmechanics.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lCreatinglalprofessionallimage,l2
3. Alsubject land lalverb lis lsaid ltolagreelwith leach lotherlwhen lonelis lsingularland lthelother
plural,lorlvicelversa.
FALSE
Subjects land lverbs lagreelwhen ltheylarelboth lsingular lorlboth lplural.lSubject-
verb lagreement lerrors loften loccurlwhen lotherlwords lcomelbetween lthelsubject land lthelverb.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
4. U.S.lusageltreats lcompanylnames land lthelwords l"company"land l"government"laslplural
nouns.
FALSE
U.S.lusageltreats lcompanylnames land lthelwords l"company"land l"government"laslsingular lnou
ns.lBritish lusageltreats lthemlas lplural.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
14-19
©l2014 lby lMcGraw-
HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelor lpart.
,5. Caselrefers ltolthelgrammaticallrolelalnoun lorlpronoun lplays lin lalsentence.
TRUE
Caselrefers ltolthelgrammaticallrolelalnoun lorlpronoun lplays lin lalsentence.lUselnominat ivelpro
nouns lforlthelsubject lof lalclauseland lpossessivelpronouns ltolshowlwholorlwhat lsomethinglbel
ongs lto.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
6. Almodifierldangles lwhen lthelword lit lmodifies lislat lthelbeginninglof lthelsentence.
FALSE
Modifiers larelwords lorlphrases lthat lgivelmorelinformation labout lthelsubject,lverb,lorlobje
ct lin lalclause.lAlmodifierldangles lwhen lthelword lit lmodifies lislnot lactuallylin lthelsentence.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
14-20
©l2014 lby lMcGraw-
HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelorlpart.
, 7. Almisplaced lmodifierlcan lbelcorrected lbylmovinglit lfartherlawaylfromlthelword lthat lit
modifies.
FALSE
Almisplaced lmodifierlappears ltolmodifylanother lelement lof lthelsentencelthan lthelwriterlinten
ded.lAlmisplaced lmodifierlcan lbelcorrected lbylmovinglit lclos erltolthelword lit lmodifies lorlbylad
dinglpunctuation ltolclarifylthelmeaning.
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-02lApplylprinciples lforlcommonlgrammaticallerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lWhatlgrammaticallerrors ldolIlneedltolbelableltolfix?
8. Alcommalspliceloccurs lwhen ltwolmain lclauses lareljoined lbylboth lalcommalaslwelllas la
coordinatingl conjunction.
FALSE
Alcommalsplicelorlcommalfault loccurs lwhen ltwolmain lclauses lareljoined lonlylbylalcommal(inste
ad lof lbylalcommaland lalcoordinatinglconjunction).
AACSB:lCommunicationl
Blooms:l Rem em ber
LearninglObjective:l14-03lApplylprinciples lforlsentencelerrorlcorrection.
LevelloflDifficulty:l1lEasyl
Topic:lHow lcanlIlfixlsentencelerrors?
14-21
©l2014 lby lMcGraw-
HilllEducation.lThislis lproprietary lmateriallsolelylforlauthorizedlinstructor luse.lNotlauthorized lfor lsalelor ldistributionl inlany lmanner.lThisldoc
umentlmay lnotlbelcopied, lscanned, lduplicated, lforwarded, ldistributed, lor lposted lon lalwebsite,lin lwholelor lpart.
