Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 1
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 1
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. Neither the cities nor the counties would take responsibility for
their budget overruns.
2. Can we keep this matter just between you and me?
3. Only a few attorneys still have private secretaries.
7. Many basketball and football stars earn huge salaries.
8. Are you sure that this apartment is theirs?
9. Each student must submit his or her report on Monday.
OR: All students must submit their reports on Monday.
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 2
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 2
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. The production cost and the markup of each item are
important in calculating the sale price.
2. Sheila acts as if she were the manager, but we know she is
not.
6. Each applicant could have submitted his or her application
online if he or she had gone to our website.
OR: All applicants could have submitted their applications
online if they had gone to our website.
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 3
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 3
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. Her new computer is definitely more faster than her previous
computer.
2. Max said that he felt bad that he missed his appointment with
you and me.
6. If you were me, which of the two job offers do you think is
better?
7. Did your team members tell you where their meeting is at?
8. Jason felt that he had done well on the three-hour certification
exam.
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 4
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 4
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. E-mail messages must be written clearly and concisely [omit
comma] to ensure that receivers comprehend the message
quickly.
2. Our next sales campaign, of course, must target key decision
makers.
5. Because we rely on e-mail, we have reduced our use of faxes
[omit comma] and voice messages.
6. In business, time is money.
7. “The first product to use a bar code,” said Alice Beasley, “was
Wrigley’s gum.”
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 5
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 5
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. Mark Zuckerberg worked for years to build Facebook; however, it
was years [omit apostrophe] before the company made a profit.
2. E-businesses have always been risky; online companies seem to
disappear as quickly as they appear.
5. The SEC’s findings and ruling in the securities fraud case are
expected to be released in one hour’s time.
6. Only one HMO’s doctors complained that they were restricted in the
time they could spend listening to patients’ comments.
7. Any one of the auditors is authorized to conduct an independent
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 6
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 6
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. We wondered whether Ellen Hildago, PhD, would be the
speaker at the Cairo, Illinois event.
4. Louis Camilleri, CEO of Philip Morris, said, “We’re being
socially responsible in a rather controversial industry.”
5. Kym Anderson’s chapter titled “Subsidies and Trade Barriers”
appears in the book How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the
World a Better Place. [The book title may be underscored.]
6. Wasn’t it Zack Woo, not Ellen Trask, who requested a 14-day
leave?
7. Was it Oprah Winfrey who said that the best jobs are those
we’d do even if we didn’t get paid?
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 7
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 7
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. I wonder whether President Jackson invited our marketing
vice president to join the upcoming three-hour training
session.
6. Memorial Day is a federal holiday; therefore, banks will be
closed.
7. Because the package was marked “Fragile,” the mail carrier
handled it carefully.
8. Money traders watched the relation of the American dollar to
Cumulative Editing Quiz Solutions ⚫ 8
CUMULATIVE EDITING QUIZ 8
Grammar/Mechanics Handbook
All errors must be corrected to receive credit for the sentence.
1. My partner and I will meet at our attorney’s office at 3 p.m. on
June 9 to sign our papers of incorporation.
2. Emily prepared two 40-page business proposals to submit to
the senior account manager.
3. Of the 235 e-mail messages sent yesterday, only 7 bounced
back.
6. A total of 259 identity theft complaints were filed with the
Federal Trade Commission on November 2 alone.
7. Roberta’s 11-page report was more easier to read than David’s
because hers was better organized and had good headings.