English Grammar and Usage

The sentence 'How disgusting!' is exclamatory because it expresses strong emotion/disgust using the 'How' construction and ends with an exclamation mark. It's a classic example of an exclamation conveying intense feeling. Declarative sentences make statements; interrogative sentences ask questions; imperative sentences give commands.

The sentence 'You are so clever' is a statement expressing an opinion or observation, which makes it declarative. While it contains the intensifier 'so,' it lacks the exclamation mark and emotional emphasis that would characterize an exclamatory sentence like 'How clever you are!' Declarative sentences can express opinions without being exclamatory.

The sentence 'Hand me that tool' begins with the imperative verb 'Hand' and issues a direct command to perform an action. Imperative sentences typically start with an action verb in its base form and instruct someone to do something. The lack of a subject pronoun (the implied 'you' is omitted) is another characteristic of imperative sentences.

Whenever we make a statement, it's an assertive or a declarative sentence.

Whenever we make a statement, it's an assertive or a declarative sentence.

Whenever we make a statement, it's an assertive or a declarative sentence.

The sentence is passive voice: 'Your paycheck for last week was given to the head of your department to pass on to you.' The helping verb 'was' is missing before 'given'. The error is in part [b] where 'for last week given' should be 'for last week was given'.

The sentence should be in passive voice: 'Initially, your loan application was sent to the loan officer, who must check your credit standing before making any preliminary decision.' The helping verb 'was' is missing before 'sent'. The error is in part [b].

The sentence should be 'Analysts reported the economy is moving in a steady, upward direction.' The construction 'reported the economy it is moving' is incorrect - 'it' is redundant and creates a grammatical error. After 'reported', we use a that-clause with the subject 'economy'.

The phrase 'many its employees' is grammatically incorrect. It should be 'many of its employees' or 'many of the employees'. We need the preposition 'of' between 'many' and 'its' to show the part-whole relationship correctly.

After marriage, a person typically takes a married name, not a marriage name. The phrase 'marriage name' is incorrect usage - the correct term is 'married name' which refers to the surname adopted after getting married.

When stating general facts about laws or principles that remain currently true, we use the simple present tense 'states' rather than the past tense 'stated'. Copyright law currently and clearly states this requirement.

The sentence is missing the noun that 'basic' should modify. The word 'basic' is an adjective and needs a noun to complete the thought. The correct word is 'basics' (plural noun), referring to fundamental principles or elements needed to start a business.

Family planning helps control rapid population increase. Spurt suggests sudden growth, augmentation means adding to, and spread is too vague. Increase is the most appropriate term for sustained population growth.