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Two-Thirds Of The Population Can’t Find The Grammar Mistakes In These Sentences — Can You?

Grammar Quiz: Find The Mistake

Two Thirds Of The Population Can’t Find The Grammar Mistakes In These Sentences — Can You?

The noun (kitchen) is singular, so you should use "the whole" or "the entire" instead of "all."

Correct answer: It should say "the whole" instead of "all the."

We cleaned all the kitchen while our parents were out to dinner.

The sentence should read "Do you have a few minutes to discuss this project?" or "Do you have a few minutes to talk about this project?"

Correct answer: The word "about" shouldn't be there.

Do you have a few minutes to discuss about this project?

Correct answer: The sentence has no mistakes!

This is a very simple procedure; it will take less than ten minutes.

You emigrate _from_ a place, and immigrate _to_ a place.

Correct answer: It should say "emigrated" instead of "immigrated."

They immigrated from Europe and have lived with me ever since.

"Make do" means to manage with limited resources.

Correct answer: The expression is "make do," not "make due."

We must make due with what we have even if it's not enough.

The sentence should read, "My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last month."

Correct answer: Saying "50-year" and "anniversary" is redundant.

My grandparents celebrated their 50-year wedding anniversary last month.

"Lack of education is a pressing concern" is a complete sentence and should have a period at the end.

Correct answer: This is a run-on sentence.

Lack of education is a pressing concern, it affects millions of children worldwide, and is an impediment to social progress.

The sentence is in the future perfect tense, so it should use the future form of "is."

Correct answer: It should say "will" instead of "would."

When I turn 30, I would have been a dancer for 22 years.

It should say "knows" or "knew" instead of "knowing."

Correct answer: "Knowing" uses the wrong verb form.

Growing up in a household in which everyone watched baseball, Mark knowing all of the rules of the game.

Melissa went to the doctor, got her nails done, and shopped for groceries all before noon.

"Neither" goes with "nor" and "either" goes with "or."

Correct answer: It should say "nor" instead of "or."

Neither me or my sister can wait to learn to drive.

Correct answer: There should be a comma after "said."

She looked at him and said "I'll be back in five minutes!"

Since "population" already refers to people, it's enough to say, "Texas has a population of 29 million."

Correct answer: The word "people" is redundant.

The census revealed that Texas has a population of 29 million people.

On the other hand, Bobby likes strawberries.

Whether it's because you forgot all this stuff or you never learned it to begin with, you didn't exactly ace this quiz. But that's okay!

Grammar Novice

You did alright! You might not be great at grammar, but you're certainly not terrible. And what else do you need in life?

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You are, without question, a Grammar Wizard. You catch all of your own grammar mistakes and even like correcting other people's.

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