Grammar help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[ammi]

1. The following sentence is taken from a paper written for an academic course. Select the word(s) with the most appropriate level of diction and connotation to complete the sentence.

Anorexia sufferers are overwhelmingly made up of teenage girls and young ____.
A. females
B. women
C. ladies



2. In the following item, choose the word that appropriately fills the blank in the original sentence.

When I forget things, I sometimes feel as if I am ___ my memory.
A. losing
B. loosing


3. In the following pair, select the sentence in which each word is used precisely and correctly.
A. It was apparent to everyone that the team needed new leadership.
B. It was crystal clear that the team needed new leadership.


4. Choose the sentence that is most specific.
A. No one noticed how I felt about the whole thing.
B. No one noticed how miserable I was about the whole thing.
C. No one noticed how miserable I was about asking the director such a foolish question.



5. Select the edited version of the following sentence that best eliminates any empty phrases.

I feel children are less fearful when they know what to do in an emergency.
A. Children are less fearful when they know what to do in an emergency.
B. I think children are less fearful when they know what to do in an emergency.


6. Choose the sentence that is most specific.
A. The dancers moved around the stage.
B. The people moved around the stage.
C. The dancers leaped around the stage.



7. For the following item, select the revision that best edits the original sentence for wordiness. If the original sentence requires no editing, select "No change."

Ederle, an Olympic medalist in 1924, swam from Cap Gris-Nez, France, to Dover, England, in 1926.
A. No change
B. Ederle swam from Cap Gris-Nez, France, to Dover, England, in 1926.
C. Ederle, a woman who had been an Olympic medalist in 1924, swam from Cap Gris-Nez, France, to Dover, England, in 1926.


8. For the following item, select the revision that most effectively edits any inappropriate language in the original sentence. If the original sentence requires no editing, select "No change."

The beer company wants to imply but cannot actually claim that its product will make consumers attractive to beautiful young women.
A. No change.
B. The beer merchandiser wishes to imply but cannot avow any legally binding claim about the irresistibility of consumers of its product to beautiful females.
C. The brew company wants to drop a few hints but can't come right out and say that its product will turn beer drinkers into babe magnets.


9. Choose the version of the sentence in which all the boldface words are used correctly.
A. Some people must make a conscious decision every day to get out of bed and go to work.
B. Some people must make a conscience decision every day to get out of bed and go to work.
C. Some people must make a conscious decision everyday to get out of bed and go to work.
D. Some people must make a conscience decision everyday to get out of bed and go to work.


10. In the following item, choose the revision of the sentence that best eliminates slang, clichés, wordiness, and vague language. If the original sentence is best, select "no change."

Marketing people will plug the fact that the drink contains guarana because Americans seem to want stuff from the rain forest.
A. no change
B. Marketers will promote the drink's guarana content because Americans seem to want rain forest products.
C. Marketers will plug the drink's guarana content because Americans seem to have quite an appetite for rain forest products.

[stein74]

1. B (A or C wouldn't really be a difference between the two if you said them. Saying women shows that they're older than teenage girls.

2. A (As in to lose something)

3. A

4. C (What can I say? It tells what the person is upset about when the other two do not)

5. A (B just sounds like the person is unsure, while they are saying they feel that children are less fearful when they know what to do in an emergency. So A is the better choice)

6. C (Tells who the people are, and exactly how they are moving)

7. A (Personally I don't see a reason to change anything here)

8. A (B has a few errors and C [while it did make me laugh] really just can't be right. That's all I can say about it.)

9. B (Um... Can't be sure though since the words weren't boldfaced. I just went with what was different. Conscience [Answer B] means an inner sense of knowing right and wrong. The people don't want to go to work, but know they must. That, and every day is two words.)

10. B (Answer B is not very wordy, has no slang, and still makes the same point.)

[gillivray5]

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. B

[nemausus36]

the answer is A in all of them