2013-06-17, 05:39 PM
Is your grammar as good as you think it is? Test yourself with these hard questions I created.
1. This is
a. a sentence fragement
b. a run-on sentence
c. perfectly valid
d. asyndeton
a. who
b. whom
a. am
b. are
c. is
d. be
Answers:
1. c - I say [that] he said [that] I did it. A zero-complementizer can make it look like a run-on.
2. b - Should I say (_who_ did it)? Don't me fooled into thinking that who is the object of I say.
3. a - (me/I) am your friend. The verb has to agree with the subject. who is not the subject, so don't use third-person singular.
Quote:I say he said I did it.
1. This is
a. a sentence fragement
b. a run-on sentence
c. perfectly valid
d. asyndeton
Quote:___ should I say did it?2. The blank is
a. who
b. whom
Quote:Remember me, who ___ your friend.3. The blank is
a. am
b. are
c. is
d. be
Answers:
1. c - I say [that] he said [that] I did it. A zero-complementizer can make it look like a run-on.
2. b - Should I say (_who_ did it)? Don't me fooled into thinking that who is the object of I say.
3. a - (me/I) am your friend. The verb has to agree with the subject. who is not the subject, so don't use third-person singular.