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76. b. The correct form of the pronoun is me (objective case).

77. c. The correct pronoun is who, because it refers to a person, and it is the subject form of who

(not the object form, whom), because who is doing something, making candied figs.

78. b. The pronoun agrees in number with the noun to which it refers.

79. b. The antecedent, George and Michael, is plural, so the plural pronoun their is the correct

choice.

80. c. The pronoun that agrees in number with the noun to which it refers, artichoke.

81. c. The comparison is between two things, so choice a can be ruled out. Choices b and d are

incorrect forms.

82. d. The sentence requires an adverb, so a and b (adjectives) can be ruled out. Because the

sentence makes no comparison, choice c is also incorrect.

83. c. The pronoun them agrees with the plural noun flowers.

84. b. There are more than two things being compared, so choices a and c can be ruled out.

Choice d is an improper form.

85. d. She and Iis the subject of the sentence, so the subjective case is needed.

86. a. The sentence requires an adjective, so choice b (an adverb) can be ruled out. Since the

comparison is one value over another, more terrifying is the best choice.

87. a. The possessive case is used before the word taking, because it functions like a noun in this

sentence.

88. d. Use fewer with nouns that can be counted.

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89. b. There are two potential problems in this sentence: 1) the grammatical agreement between

the nouns Kendra or Zoe and the pronoun her, and 2) the formation of the verb to bring. In

choice b both of these are correct. Because the sentence reads Kendra or Zoe, the pronoun

must be singular; only one of them brought the volleyball. Brought is the past tense of bring.

Choice a is wrong because the pronoun their is plural. Choice c is wrong because there is not

a correct pronoun. Choices d and e are incorrect because brang is not the past tense of bring.

90. d. Adjectives modify nouns and adverbs modify verbs. In choice d, the adjectives frightening

and unhappy correctly modify the noun ending. In choices a and b frighteningly is an adverb

incorrectly modifying a noun. In choice c, the adverb unhappily incorrectly modifies a noun.

Choice e is unnecessarily wordy.

91. b. The sentence makes a comparison between Mandela and all other spokespersons;

therefore, the superlative form most should be used. Choices a and d are wrong because they

use the comparative more. Choice c is wrong because the word prominently is an adverb and

cannot modify the noun spokesperson. Choice e is wrong because it uses the word like

incorrectly.

92. a. The word than is a conjunction used to indicate a comparison, and, used as a conjunction,

it is followed by the nominative case (I). The word conservatively is an adverb modifying the

verb dresses. Choice a is the only one that correctly makes the comparison and uses the

adverb correctly.

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