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Grammar For Grownups
A manual for people who have to use language in the real world.

Grammar for Grownups Quiz #39

Five Worst Grammar Sins

See if you can pick out the very sinful use of American English in the following sentences. Underline before checking the answers.

1. Let's just keep this dreadful experience between you and I.

2. None of the people present didn't want nothing to do with what happened.

3. When she looked direct at me, I knew immediate she meant business.

4. It wasn't the condescending words or the melee, it was the principal of the thing.

5. Anyone could tell it was a disagreement between her, her whole family, and me.

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