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Are you ready to test your knowledge? Here are ten objective questions:

1. This sentence has a parallel list: "After taking my boat through the inlet, I noticed that the tide was rushing out, the wind was blowing in, and the other boats were heading for the dock."

2. This sentence has a parallel list:

In John Keats famous poem To Autumn:

• The first stanza is about early autumn, when summer is in the air.
• The second stanza is about mid-autumn; that's when it's neither summer nor winter.
• The third stanza is about late autumn, when winter is approaching.

3. The list on this visual aid is not parallel:

4. This sentence uses words correctly: "I want to compliment you on your great hat!"

5. This sentence uses words correctly: "A good golfer considers par to be all right."

6. This sentence uses words correctly: "I don't have a favorite web site."

7. This sentence uses words correctly: "Use the stuff in that can to put out the fire: it says it's inflammable!"

8. This sentence uses words correctly: "The boulder had moss on it's north side."

9. This sentence uses words correctly: "So, during my speech, I implied that the company was doing all right."

10. This sentence uses words correctly: "That noise affected my ability to sleep!"

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