Each of the following sentences may contain an error in grammar, idiom or usage. If there is an error, it will appear in one of the underlined portions. Answers are given at the answer part. First try to answer by yourself, and then check it

This is literally false. "American" is either an adjective or a label for the inhabitants of some area of the planet. You meant "America," of course. I should have said so, yes. I gather that English is not your native

"American" means and has always meant "the two Americas" (incl. the offshore islands). This is literally false. "American" is either an adjective or a label for the inhabitants of some area of the planet. You meant

I write the sentence ‘More puzzling is the candidate's views ... and therefore so is the verb. But, is that right? I don't think so. If "puzzling" is the subject, what is "views"? The only two things it could be are ...

In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented halcombe broadcast on alt.usage.english: I write the sentence ‘More puzzling is the candidate's views on free trade.' I parse the subject of the sentence to be the gerund