1. J.K.Rowling, a British novelist, whose fame as an innovator in the field of fantasy may come to equal that of J.R.R.Tolkien. Why the underlined part is wrong?
2. One of the most popular and attractive new cars was available for so little money that people thought something was wrong. / has gone wrong. Which one is correct? was wrong or has gone wrong?
John Milton’s treatise on divorce advocates realizing that not all marriages are perfect, and to end marriages that are desperately unhappy.
A) same
B) ending marriages that are desperately unhappy
C) to, if marriages are desperately unhappy, leave them
D) ending them, if the marriages are desperately unhappy
E) to end those marriages that make both parties desperately unhappy
I chose D.
Top answer
1-- There is no finite verb in the main clause. 2-- was 3-- Good choice.
— Mister Micawber
1-- There is no finite verb in the main clause.
2-- was 3-- Good choice.
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