Each of the servers _____ partitioned.
a. is
b. are

Answer: a

Explanation

Ignore the prepositional phrase “of the servers.” The pronoun each is singular and requires a singular verb.

Now that Apple has embraced the enterprise, IT execs will be ________ their iPhones instead of their Blackberrys.
a. flouting
b. flaunting

Answer: b

Explanation:

When you flaunt something, that means you’re showing it off.
When you flout something, that means you are showing disdain or scorn for something. You might flout the rules, for example.

A Creative Commons license gives you the ability to dictate how others may exercise your _________ rights.
a. copyright
b. copywrite

Answer: a

Explanation:

Copyright refers to exclusive rights under the law.

A copywriter is someone who writes copy. Copy is brief written material.

__________ you hire will need at least three years of ASP.NET and AJAX development experience.
a. Whoever
b. Whomever

Answer
The answer is b.

Explanation

These pronouns take a different case depending on whether the relative pronoun is used as a subject or an object. To determine whether to use who or whom, turn the sentence into a question. If you can answer the question with the word “he,” use who. If you can answer the question with the word “him,” use whom.*

Who/whom will you hire? You will hire him. (You wouldn’t say “you will hire he.”)

*An easy way to remember when to use who or whom is by noting that the word “him” ends in the letter “m.” So does the word “whom.”

1. For most people, changing _________ is little bit of a pain in the ass.
What is Smackdown talking about?

2. According to a report released at Infosec 2008, nearly three quarters of businesses are blocking the use of free __________ applications.
What is Asavin Wattanajantra talking about?

3. One unfortunate habit Bill Gates has is constantly bringing his finger tips together high across his chest while speaking. This gesture makes him seem uncomfortable and is a reminiscent of The Simpson’s __________.
What is Garr Reynolds talking about?

4. You have to hand it to the hit FOX reality series American Idol. It’s putting _________ technology to maximum use, turning it into a giant cash machine.
What is Om Malik talking about?

5. __________ languages are like sewage plants: if the average user becomes aware of them, something has gone wrong.
What is Rupert Goodwins talking about?

6. Electronic theorists have been using the wrong pair of variables all these years–voltage and charge. The fundamental pair of variables is really __________ and charge.
What are they talking about?

7. I’ve seen videoconferencing vendors trying to upgrade their offerings with high-definition media and larger screens to compete with __________ technology. You can put wings on a pig and call it a bird, but it still won’t fly.
What is Rupert Goodwins talking about?

8. It turns out the announcement isn’t a new vaporware wireless technology, it’s my favorite old vaporware wireless technology, __________.
What is Michael Mace talking about?

9. Facebook’s real problem isn’t privacy — it’s __________.
What is Dave McClure talking about?

10. Years from now, we may come to realize that the defining characteristic of Web 2.0 wasn’t gradients, bubbles and excessive use of JavaScript – it was a false belief in __________ content.
What is Ian Harris talking about?

Time Warner Cable, as well as Comcast, _____ experimenting with placing monthly limits on subscribers’ online activity.
a. is
b. are

Answer: a

Explanation:

When looking for the subject of the sentence, ignore anything contained within commas. Time Warner Cable is the subject of the sentence.  It is a singular subject and requires a singular verb.

It’s hard to believe that Bill Gates won’t be working at Microsoft _____.
a. any more
b. anymore

The correct answer is b.

Explanation:

Any more refers to number. Anymore refers to time.

“I don’t buy books anymore because I don’t need any more books.”

Jeff Bezos, as well as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, _____ going to be at the conference.
a. is
b. are

Correct answer: a

Explanation

Even though there are three speakers in the sentence, the modifying phrase contained within commas is not part of the grammatical subject. Jeff Bezos is the subject of the sentence. A singular subject requires a singular verb.

Each of you _____ contributed a great deal to the success of this project.
a. have
b. has

Correct answer: b

Explanation
The subject of the sentence is the pronoun each. Each is singular and requires the singular verb has.

Many people mistakenly choose the verb have to match the word you, but you is part of the prepositional phrase of you and therefore you cannot be the subject.