Dow Jones Grammar Test 1998
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My rejection letter was written on embossed stationary/stationery.
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stationary
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stationery
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The reporter's story didn't gibe/jibe with the facts.
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gibe
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jibe
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The U.S. continues to place [a boycott/an embargo] on goods from Cuba.
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a boycott
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an embargo
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The editor, who/whom I didn't know, nevertheless seemed pleased to interview me.
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who
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whom
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The mean/median grade in the group of 50,55,85,88 and 100 is 85.
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mean
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median
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Neither the reporters nor the editor were/was pleased with the article as it was written.
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were
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was
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Damage/Damages from the hurricane totaled more than $1 billion.
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Damage
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Damages
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The sports editor seemed adverse/averse to any changes at the newspaper.
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adverse
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averse
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The publisher's praise of my article was entirely pretense/pretext.
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pretense
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pretext
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I felt bad/badly that I missed the deadline for the first edition of the newspaper.
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bad
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badly
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This is the photographer who/whom I had seen earlier.
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who
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whom
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Police described the woman as a brunette/brunet in her 30s.
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brunette
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brunet
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The editor and the publisher no longer talk to one another/each other.
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one another
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each other
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She is presently/currently on assignment but will be back in the office soon.
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presently
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currently
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The arbitrator/mediator heard from all parties before issuing his decision.
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arbitrator
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mediator
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Whoever/Whomever we choose as editor will have a difficult task.
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Whoever
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Whomever
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The family emigrated/immigrated from Russia in 1995.
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emigrated
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immigrated
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He noticed three discreet/discrete speech patterns among the students.
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discreet
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discrete
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She's one of those people who want/wants to put her agenda before that of the newspaper.
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want
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wants
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To some people, the title of executive editor connotes/denotes too much power.
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connotes
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denotes