200 English Grammar Mistakes!: A workbook of Common Grammar and Punctuation Errors with Examples, Exercises and Solutions So You Never Make Them Again


MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below



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MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
Once upon a time, a village chief _______ a magic box. (A. was given B. is
given)
Answer: A
Fernandez and Ricardo did not ____ until our arrival. (A. leave B. left)


Answer: A
Direct Objects
In English grammar, direct objects follow intransitive verbs. Direct objects
can be a noun, pronoun, phrase or verb. They identify who or what receives
the action of a transitive verb in a sentence or clause. The action of the
subject is felt by the direct object. For example, in the statement, “Craig
baked a cake," the direct object is “a cake." Here are some common errors
writers and speakers of the English language commit when using direct
objects:
Don’t add “s” to “furniture.”
Incorrect: My father bought some 
furnitures 
yesterday.
Correct: 
My father bought some 
furniture 
yesterday.
Don’t add “s” to “information.”
Incorrect: Have you got any 
informations
on the whereabouts of Lucinda?
Correct: 
Have you got any 
information
on the whereabouts of Lucinda?
Don’t add “s” to “luggage.”
Incorrect: When will you pack your 
luggages
?
Correct: 
When will you pack your 
luggage
?
Don’t add “s” to the noun after “any.”
Incorrect: Is there any 
breads 
at home?
Correct: 
Is there any 
bread 
at home?
Avoid using “these” before “news.”
Incorrect: She told me 
these 
news this morning.
Correct: 
She told me 
this 
news this morning.
Don’t add “s” to expressions like “the blind," “the poor," the dead” or “the
unemployed."
Incorrect: It is high time the American Government started paying attention
to 
the poors.


Correct: 
It is high time the American Government started paying attention
to 

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