/* Define the test questions */ q = new Array( "choice", "The company is offering (its, it’s its’) employees
(a, an) unique opportunity.", "1", "4", "its, a", "it’s, a", "its’, an", "it’s, an", "Correct. The possessive its has no apostrophe. Use a in front of a consonant sound.
Although unique begins with a vowel, the vowel has a consonant sound.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "(She, Her) and her boss invited (he, him) and
(I, me, myself) to lunch.", "3", "4", "Her, he, I", "Her, he, myself", "She, him, me", "She, he, myself", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Correct. Just remove the other person on the same side of the verb. She invited him.
She invited me. She invited him and me.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "The number of incentives usually (increases, increase)
during the final quarter.", "1", "2", "increases", "increase", "Correct. The number is the singular subject of the sentence. The number increases.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "The recent customer survey (affected, effected)
improvements in customer service.", "2", "2", "affected", "effected", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Correct. Affected means influenced. Effected means “caused, created, brought about.”", "choice", "I didn't mean to (imply, infer) in my email that you
would be promoted.", "2", "3", "infer", "imply", "both are correct", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Correct. Imply means “to hint or suggest.” The too-often-misused infer means
“to conclude from evidence.”", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "What will be the (principal, principle) point of
your presentation?", "1", "2", "principal", "principle", "Correct. Principal means the “main, primary, or most important.” If you mean rule,
then use principle.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "The tone of his many emails (amuses, amuse) us.", "1", "2", "amuses", "amuse", "Correct. Tone is the singular subject of the sentence. The tone amuses.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "This (years, year’s, years’) manual will
(superceed, supercede, supersede) the last two
(years, year’s, years’) (manuals, manual’s).", "2", "4", "year’s, supercede, years, manual’s", "year’s, supersede, years’, manuals", "years, supercede, years, manual’s", "years’, supersede, years, manuals", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Correct. year’s (singular possessive), supersede (look it up!), years’
(plural possessive), manuals", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "(Whose, Who's) car is still parked in the
(farther, further) lot?.", "3", "4", "Whose, further", "Who’s, further", "Whose, farther", "Who’s, farther", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "Correct. Whose is possessive. Who’s is a contraction. Farther refers to distance.
Further means additional.", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice", "(Who, Whom) shall I say is calling?", "1", "2", "Who", "Whom", "Correct. Who is calling?", "Incorrect. Try again.", "choice-multiple", "Which three of the following ten sentences are
written correctly?", "7,8,9", "9", "Me and Tom wrote the report.", "Him and I wrote the report together.", "Tom and I wrote the report, however, I wrote most of it.", "Tom and I wrote the report, I wrote most of it.", "The report was written by Tom and myself, with myself writing most of it.", "The report was written by Tom and I, but I wrote most of it.", "The report was written by Tom and me, but I wrote most of it.", "The report was written by Tom and me; I wrote most of it.", "The report was written by Tom and me; however, I wrote most of it.", "You are correct!", "Incorrect. Try again." ); /* Make sure that the last item in the question array does not end with a comma */