Exercise 71, p. 409

1. Neither Julia nor Michael is going to the play tonight.

2. Anything is better than going to another movie tonight.

 

 

3. Dieting is becoming more popular every day.

4. A number of reporters were at the conference yesterday.

5. Everybody who has a fever must go home immediately.

6. Your glasses were on the bureau last night.

7. There were some people at the meeting last night.

8. The committee has already reached a decision.

9. A pair of jeans was in the washing machine this morning.

10. Each student has answered the first three questions.

11. Either John or his wife makes breakfast each morning.

12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided

that everything was in order.

13. The crowd at the basketball game were wild with excitement.

14. A pack of wild dogs has frightened all the ducks away.

15. The jury are trying to find a solution.

16. The army has eliminated this section of the training

test.

17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class

this term is appalling.

18. There have been too many interruptions in this class.

19. Every elementary school teacher has to take this examination.

20. Neither Jill nor her parents have seen this movie before.

21. John, along with twenty friends, is planning a party.

22. The picture of the soldiers brings back many memories.

23. The quality of these recordings is not very good.

24. If the duties of these officers aren’t reduced, there will not

be enough time to finish the project.

25. The effects of cigarette smoking have been proved to be

extremely harmful.

26. The use of credit cards in place of cash has increased rapidly

in recent years.

27. Advertisements on television are becoming more competitive

than ever before.

28. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others,

are high.

29. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee,

has proposed some changes of the rules.