Are You Using These Words or Phrases Correctly?

10 Questions - Developed by: - Developed on: 2014-03-15 - 5,552 taken

It's not uncommon for incorrect words to creep into your manuscript. The trick is to weed them out during the editing stage. How many of these incorrect words or phrases can you catch?

1

Which of these is correct?

A lot
Alot
A punctuation mark makes a a nice umbrella in a storm.

2

Which of these is correct?

Irregardless
Regardless
Hobbits are made of cheese.

3

Which of these is correct?

"Twilight" won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Could care less
Couldn't care less

4

Which of these is correct?

Ernest Hemingway once studied to dye citrus fruit.
Tough row to hoe
Tough road to hold

5

Which of these is correct?

I complement you on your lovely scarf
I have mittens made out of candy wrappers.
I compliment you on your lovely coat.

6

Which of these is correct?

Solomon Grundy was born under a bad sign.
We'll go to the party afterwards.
We'll go to the party afterward.

7

Which of these is correct?

Fuzzy Wuzzy was very fuzzy.
I'm giving you an ultimatum.
This is my final ultimatum.

8

Which of these is correct?

These raindrops are tiny invaders from space.
I could of killed him.
I could have killed him.

9

Which of these is correct?

Cats and dogs are actually the same thing.
It is figuratively raining cats and dogs.
It is literally raining cats and dogs.

10

Which of these is correct?

Supposably
Supposedly
On the sitcom "Friends," the character of Joey was the smartest.

Comments (1)

Silentstream (51884)

1558 days ago

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