The following exercises help you improve your knowledge of and power over English grammar,…

The following exercises help you improve your knowledge of and power over English grammar,…

The following exercises help you improve your knowledge of and power over English grammar, mechanics, and usage. Turn to the “Handbook of Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage” at the end of this book and review all of Section 1.4 (Adjectives). Th en look at the following 10 items. Underline the preferred choice within each set of parentheses. (Answers to these exercises appear on page AK-3.)
1. Of the two products, this one has the ( greater , greatest ) potential.
2. Th e ( most perfect , perfect ) solution is d .
3. Here is the ( interesting , most interesting ) of all the ideas I have heard so far.
4. The ( hardest , harder ) part of my job is fi ring people.
5. A ( highly placed , highly-placed ) source revealed Dotson’s ( last ditch , last-ditch ) efforts to cover up the mistake.
6. A ( top secret , top-secret ) document was taken from the president’s office last night.
7. A ( 30 year old , 30-year-old ) person should know better.
8. Th e two companies are engaged in an ( all-out no-holdsbarred ; all-out, no-holds-barred ) struggle for dominance.
9. A ( tiny metal ; tiny, metal ) shaving is responsible for the problem.
10. You’ll receive our ( us