Spotting Errors

Accept is a verb meaning to receive or agree to something, while except is a preposition meaning excluding or not including. The sentence Everyone except John went to the park means John did not go, but the option incorrectly uses accept (verb) instead of except (preposition).

The word healthful means conducive to good health, usually applied to things like food or environments, whereas healthy means possessing good health, applied to living beings. Saying a person is healthful looking is awkward and traditionally considered incorrect, as they should be described as healthy looking.

Sure can be both an adjective (certain) and an adverb (certainly), while surely is only an adverb. After linking verbs like was, we use the adjective form sure, not the adverb surely. She was surely pretty is incorrect because linking verbs need adjectives, not adverbs.

Where is a relative adverb used for locations, but what cannot function as a locative adverb. The phrase what I'm at attempts to use what as a locative, which is grammatically invalid. The correct form would be where I'm at or where I am.

Feel is a linking verb that connects the subject to an adjective describing the subject's state or condition. Badly is an adverb, so He felt badly is incorrect. The correct form is He felt bad, using the adjective bad after the linking verb felt. In contrast, The team played badly is correct because play is an action verb modified by the adverb badly.

Could have is the correct verb form, but could of is a common error based on mishearing the contraction could've (could have). Of is a preposition and cannot follow a modal verb like could. The correct construction uses the auxiliary verb have: could have picked, could have gone, could have headed.

The three sentence parts combine to form 'The polling was marred at many a place by attempts at rigging,' which is grammatically correct. The phrase 'at many a place' is a valid (though somewhat formal/literary) construction meaning 'in many places.' The sentence structure is complete with subject-verb agreement and no grammatical errors.

The phrase 'being able control it' is missing the infinitive marker 'to'. It should correctly read 'without anyone being able to control it'. The other segments are grammatically correct.

The phrase 'completely worn' is an incomplete idiom in this context. It should be 'completely worn out' to correctly indicate extreme exhaustion. The other parts of the sentence are grammatically sound.

The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses proper subordinate clauses and correct idiomatic phrasing ('so huge an animal') to describe the reaction of people to a beached whale.

The subject is 'A group', which is a collective noun acting as a single unit. Therefore, it requires a singular verb 'wants' instead of the plural 'want'. Part (b) contains the subject-verb agreement error.