I am taking a graduate writing class which is basically grammar 101. I hate grammar. Anyway the prof is that cute guy and I am currently taking all three quizzes and the midterm back to back on line and question 8 states:
Which is correct:
A: At the store I bought: silver bullets, a wooden stake, and onions.
B: At the store I bought the following items; silver bullets, a wooden stake, and onions.
C: At the store I bought silver bullets, a wooden stake, and onions.
D: At the store I bought, silver bullets, a wooden stake and onions.
Of course the correct answer is A but I feel compelled to e-mail him that none are correct because he should have purchased garlic and not onions.
I wonder if he does this on purpose considering how he's written other quiz questions. It's a little frustrating because he will have question on citation forms but he doesn't specify which thing he's using MLA, APA, or whatever so... I'm really just stabbing in the dark. I'm going to bet MLA.
FYI I got question 8 wrong... if anyone knows which is correct please let me know. Was it supposed to be C?
See and now I second guess things all the time... question 15:
Which is correct:
A: Please read the gospels for nest time: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
B: For next time, please read: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Is B correct because it's just correct or was A supposed to be correct and he accidently typed "nest" and now both are wrong and I just don't know why B would be wrong?? I'm putting B.
Haha "Our tutors are well trained." or "Our tutors are well-trained." haha I wonder what it was like being well-trained.
This is a prof after my own heart. One of the midterm questions is:
Which of these choices correctly completes this sentence?
If I _______ you, I ______ kill myself.
was; could
were; will
were; would
was; will
Lord all mighty the next one is better:
Choose the correct sentence"
A Americano is my favorite drink at Starbucks.
An Americano is my favorite drink at starbucks.
The Americano is the favorite drink at Starbucks
Americano is my favorite drink at Starbucks.
Though I think this should be said, "The Americano is my favorite drink at Starbucks" but it's not a choice.
Ok so I got a B on the midterm, I think that's well enough to have tested out.
Additional humor is added by the knowledge that I was somehow put in the Korean Only section of this class (we have a huge Korean student population here) A lot of his questions use phrases and idioms specific to American culture... I wonder if it makes the tests at all culturally biased. He had some questions where you were supposed to rewrite the sentence so it was correct and for like 5 of them it was stuff like, "Toby works in human relations at Dunder Mifflin, a paper company." or "It is true that wolves are the number one threat to office workers of north-eastern Pennsylvania based midsize paper companies."
As a ps I just got an e-mail from my dad it was just a reminder that he and Valary were taking Travis to school this week. It was sent to my sister and cc'd to my brother and I... does that tell you something or what?
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