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Dusklight Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Problems with the following sentences
1. Problem sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier without any signs of disease shown then.
Correct sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier, even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.
What's wrong with the problem sentence and why is the correct version correct?
2. For the past hundred years or more, Yellowstone National Park was a kind of sociological laboratory in which North Americans have been exploring the meaning of the national-park concept.
There's something wrong with the underlined part, but what? I'm thinking it might be present tense, but why?
3. Alerted by the nervousness and evasiveness of the witness, the jurors were quick to perceive that his statements were inconsistent to those he had made earlier.
Again, something's wrong with the underlined part. What should the correct idiom be? Inconsistent with?
4. Bovary had the most spirit and determination.
How can the underlined part be fixed?
5. Between the sales manager and I existed an easy, cooperative working relationship.
Should it be 'and me"?
Many thanks!
Correct sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier, even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.
What's wrong with the problem sentence and why is the correct version correct?
2. For the past hundred years or more, Yellowstone National Park was a kind of sociological laboratory in which North Americans have been exploring the meaning of the national-park concept.
There's something wrong with the underlined part, but what? I'm thinking it might be present tense, but why?
3. Alerted by the nervousness and evasiveness of the witness, the jurors were quick to perceive that his statements were inconsistent to those he had made earlier.
Again, something's wrong with the underlined part. What should the correct idiom be? Inconsistent with?
4. Bovary had the most spirit and determination.
How can the underlined part be fixed?
5. Between the sales manager and I existed an easy, cooperative working relationship.
Should it be 'and me"?
Many thanks!
Top answer
Dusklight 1. Problem sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier without any signs of disease shown then. Correct sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier, even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.
- Dusklight 1.
- Problem sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier without any signs of disease shown then.
- Correct sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier, even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.
- What's wrong with the problem sentence and why is the correct version correct?
- I imagine the test writer wanted tense use to be parallel ("had begun" and "had shown").
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Dusklight1. Problem sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier without any signs of disease shown then.
Correct sentence: In Germany, foresters discovered that trees killed by acid rain had begun to die four years earlier, even though the trees had shown no signs of disease then.
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Thank you for your response!
I've another grammar problem. Sorry about having so many questions.
Intr
I've another grammar problem. Sorry about having so many questions.
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4. Bovary had the most spirit and determination.
It should be Bovary had more spirit and determination because only two people, Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary, were being compared to each other.
It should be Bovary had more spirit and determination because only two people, Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary, were being compared to each other.
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In number four, the sentence is comparing only two objects, so you should use the word "more" instead of "most".
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