Dow Jones Grammar Test 2000

The reporter is expected to be on the phone for awhile/a while.
1. awhile
2. a while
The biweekly/semiweekly newspaper comes out 26 times a year.
1. biweekly
2. semiweekly
Neither the players nor the coach was/were pleased with the outcome of the game.
1. was
2. were
They must decide [whether/whether or not] to attend the conference.
1. whether
2. whether or not
He decided to lay/lie down and take a nap before writing his article.
1. lay
2. lie
NOW is the National Organization for/of Women.
1. for
2. of
After several hours of drinking, he fell off/off of the bar stool.
1. off
2. off of
The principals/principles of the First Amendment must be upheld.
1. principals
2. principles
PLO stands for the Palestine/Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1. Palestine
2. Palestinian
The editor said 50 percent of the reporters was/were at the meeting.
1. was
2. were
The auditor pored/poured over the company's books.
1. pored
2. poured
We are moving toward/towards a resolution of the conflict.
1. toward
2. towards
The section that/which he oversees won several awards for typography.
1. that
2. which
She didn't know who's/whose notes she had mistakenly taken.
1. who's
2. whose
She is the one person who/whom I respect greatly.
1. who
2. whom
The photographer's whereabouts is/are a mystery.
1. is
2. are
The publisher spent the day copying/Xeroxing her editors' expense reports.
1. copying
2. Xeroxing
An average of 20 people is/are hired at the newspaper every year.
1. is
2. are
Everyone/Every one who attended the meeting seemed to have a different agenda.
1. Everyone
2. Every one
He couldn't decide who/whom he wanted to cover the political convention.
1. who
2. whom