Dow Jones Grammar Test 2001

An agnostic/atheist is one who believes there is no God.
1. agnostic
2. atheist
The race has become a two-contest between/among Smith and Jones and Briggs and Stratton.
1. between
2. among
The board of directors have/has not yet approved the agenda for the meeting.
1. have
2. has
The students will choose whoever/whomever they think will be the best circulation manager.
1. whoever
2. whomever
Gore or Bush: Whose economic plan is better/best?
1. better
2. best
The editor said the reporter should have been hung/hanged for missing the point of the news release
1. hung
2. hanged
Contrary-to-fact conditions are expressed by using the subjunctive tense/mood/voice.
1. tense
2. mood
3. voice
The publisher is the principal/principle figure in a newspaper's organizational structure.
1. principal
2. principle
The documents that/which the reporter found formed the basis for her award-winning article.
1. that
2. which
Reporters were bused/bussed into the war-torn capital.
1. bused
2. bussed
The photographer said the car [hit/collided with] the telephone pole.
1. hit
2. collided with
"ATM machine" is/is not redundant.
1. is redundant
2. is not redundant
The union representative estimated that 50 percent of the membership was/were at the meeting.
1. was
2. were
A person who is nearsighted has trouble seeing objects that are close/far away.
1. close
2. far
After an hour, the reporter decided it would be fruitless to continue the interview any farther/further.
1. farther
2. further
He had little respect for the person who/whom he chose as his successor.
1. who
2. whom
The chairman/chairperson of the event was Donald Peterson.
1. chairman
2. chairperson
Their/There/They're not going to be home this evening.
1. Their
2. There
3. They're
She is one of the few/only reporters to win two Pulitzer Prizes.
1. few
2. only
Police said the person who/whom she identified was a suspect in an earlier investigation.
1. who
2. whom