Define this statement as standard, slang, jargon, dialect, or ungrammatical. while talking on the telephone, the dog spilled his water dish

I would contend that the right answer is actually the E) Ungrammatical.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this is an example of a dangling modifier—specifically the phrase "while talking on the phone"—and it needs to be revised. Who was talking on the phone? A modifier is meant to clarify or to give more detail about an idea or an action, but it becomes a dangling modifier when, as it has happened here, the doer of the action that it expresses has not been clearly stated. As a result, it seems that the dog, the subject in the main phrase that follows, was the one talking on the phone. A possible revision could be: "While he was talking on the phone, Peter's dog spilled his water dish."

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

with whom will you be coming to the party? this is written correctly.