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1. Which of the following is an ambiguous comparison?
A. Mary thinks more of you than Susan.
B. Mary thinks more of you than me.
C. Mary thinks more of you than I.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.


2. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. The use of repetition depends on cultural background and societal acceptance.
B. Depending on the use someone uses depends on there cultural and what is accepted by society.
C. Neither of the above.
D. Both of the above.

3. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. The only person with whom the audience has direct relations to is the narrator.
B. The only person with whom the audience has direct relations with is the narrator.
C. The only person with whom the audience has direct relations of is the narrator.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.

4. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. We don't know if her legs are long.
B. We don't know whether her legs are long.
C. We don't know that her legs are long.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.

5. Which of the following is NOT a mixed construction?
A. A subordinate clause is where you use a subject and a predicate preceded by a subordinating conjunction.
B. A subordinate clause is a grammatical construction in which a subject and a predicate are preceded by a subordinating conjunction.
C. A subordinate clause is when you use a subject and a predicate preceded by a subordinating conjunction.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.

6. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. A comma splice is where one joins two independent clauses with a comma and no coordinating conjunction.
B. A comma splice occurs when one joins two independent clauses with a comma and no coordinating conjunction.
C. Neither of the above.
D. Both of the above.

7. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. The reason that he is late is because he had a flat tire.
B. Because he had a flat tire is the reason he is late.
C. Why he is late is because he had a flat tire.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.

8. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. The dog believes that when his owner sits down to eat, no one else should be allowed to enter the dining room.
B. The dog believes that when his owner sits down to eat, he, the dog, should be given the table scraps.
C. The dog believes that when his owner sits down to eat that he should be given the table scraps.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above.

9. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. Because I am confused on all the important issues is why I don't attend church regularly.
B. I don't attend church regularly because I am confused on all the important issues.
C. Neither of the above.
D. Both of the above.

10. Which of the following is a mixed construction?
A. The reason that Flannery O'Connor died young was because she had lupus erythematosus.
B. Flannery O'Connor died young because she had lupus erythematosus.
C. Neither of the above.
D. Both of the above.

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