Question

avoid using at after a construction beginning with where.
nonstandard where is the crow canyon archaeological center at?
standard where is the crow canyon archaeological center?
a while, awhile used with the article a, while is a noun meaning “a period of time.” awhile is an adverb meaning “for a short time.”
examples it’s been a while since we’ve taken a vacation.
michael jordan played professional baseball for a while.
let’s rest awhile; i’m tired.
exercise 1 identifying correct usage
for each of the following sentences, choose the word or word group that is correct according to the rules of standard, formal english.
example 1. my mother and ms. wang, both (alumnae, alumni) of pratt institute, went there to see an exhibition of paintings.

1. alumnae
2. in 1988, the artist chuck close suffered spinal - artery collapse, and even though he never fully recovered, he kept painting (anyway, anyways).
3. partially paralyzed, he learned to work from a wheel - chair, with (a, an) handy arrangement of straps to hold his brush in place.
4. as he had done before his illness, close painted large portraits of friends, fellow artists, (and etc., etc.)
5. the picture here is an example of how close generally painted before 1988, dividing a photograph of a person into a large (amount, number) of tiny squares.
6. he would first rule the canvas or paper into a grid, and then he would copy the photo’s colors, bit by bit, into the small squares to create the type of (allusion, illusion) you see here.
7. a single painting might contain (anywhere, anywheres) from a few hundred to several thousand squares.
8. this explanation was perfectly clear to everyone (accept, except) me.

Explanation:

Question 1

In standard English, "anyway" is the correct adverb meaning "in any case" or "despite that". "Anyways" is considered non - standard or colloquial in formal English. So for the sentence "In 1988, the artist Chuck Close suffered spinal - artery collapse, and even though he never fully recovered, he kept painting (anyway, anyways)", the correct choice is "anyway".

The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, and "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. The word "handy" starts with the consonant sound /h/, so we use "a". For the sentence "Partially paralyzed, he learned to work from a wheelchair, with (a, an) handy arrangement of straps to hold his brush in place", the correct choice is "a".

The phrase "and etc." is incorrect because "etc." (et cetera) already means "and so forth" or "and other things". Just using "etc." is the correct way to indicate that there are more items in a list. So for the sentence "As he had done before his illness, Close painted large portraits of friends, fellow artists, (and etc., etc.)", the correct choice is "etc.".

Answer:

1. anyway

Question 2