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When asked for, as in The agreement states that the rights on this book revert to the author on request. [c. 1800] Also see by request.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
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The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
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Thinking it was a request for employment which he could not offer, Malcolm stuffed it carelessly into a pocket.
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I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
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The merest acquaintance would have said something more emphatic than "I will, thank you; good-by," to such a request.
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