What is the fault with each of these passages?

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I am working from an English exercise book and i need to know if i have answered the following questions correctly.

(copied exactly)

QUESTION:

what is the fault with each of these passages?

a) With powerful wings he flew like a lion to the rescue of his friend.

b) This firmly solid United Nations building, as it moves along the road of progress, will sweep away the evil winds of international hatred.

c) Just as we water each branch of a tree seperately in order that the whole tree may grow well, so we must provide money for each seperate department of this school in order that the whole school may develop well.

Any input welcome

thanks

UKbil · Accepted Answer

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Dimsumexpress · Answer

These sentences seem to have something in common. That is, they are of either metaphoric and simili construction that were incorrectly phrased, or worded. A lot of polishing is needed.

UKbil
what is the fault with each of these passages?

a) With powerful wings, he flew like a lion to the rescue of his friend.

This sentence contains a misconceived metahoric construction, "like a lion.." but a lion does not fly.

b) This firmly solid United Nations building, as it moves along the road of progress, will sweep away the evil winds of international hatred.

There is a few basic sentence construction flaws in this sentence. Yet, the meaning is unclear . I highlighted the problem words.

"Firmly" is an adverb. Its primary function is to modfiy a verb which is missing. "What" will sweep away the evil winds?

" as it moves along the road of progress" What moves along the road of progress? United Nation Building?

c) Just as we water each branch of a tree seperately in order that the whole tree may grow well, so we must provide money for each seperate department of this school in order that the whole school may develop well.

I believe you have misused the phrase "in oder" here, which is typically followed by "to". You may have the intended meaning to say "so that the whole tree will grow ..."

UKbil · Answer

thanks dimsumexpress,

UKbil
what is the fault with each of these passages?

a) With powerful wings, he flew like a lion to the rescue of his friend.

This sentence contains a misconceived metahoric construction, "like a lion.." but a lion does not fly.

b) This firmly solid United Nations building, as it moves along the road of progress, will sweep away the evil winds of international hatred.

There is a few basic sentence construction flaws in this sentence. Yet, the meaning is unclear . I highlighted the problem words.

"Firmly" is an adverb. Its primary function is to modfiy a verb which is missing. "What" will sweep away the evil winds?

" as it moves along the road of progress" What moves along the road of progress? United Nation Building?

c) Just as we water each branch of a tree seperately in order that the whole tree may grow well, so we must provide money for each seperate department of this school in order that the whole school may develop well.

I believe you have misused the phrase "in oder" here, which is typically followed by "to". You may have the intended meaning to say "so that the whole tree will grow ..."

In the first question, (the lion flew), is there a grammatical term for the nonsensical metaphor?

In the second, (firmly solid), is it that the adjective 'solid' has no degree of comparison; solid can not be more or less solid?

In the third, i thought, it was the use of 'each branch' with 'seperately' and 'each seperate branch'. Beacuase 'each' means 'seperately'. Like the wrong use of 'However' and 'But' in the same sentence?

Much appreciated if anyone could fill in blanks.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

I am not particularly fond of "lion flew...", for lions are not known to have wings. You may consider metaphors such as "....soaring like a eagle high in the sky".

This firmly solid United Nations building, This is not a grammatical sentence becasue you had no verb to bond the adverb and adjective together.

I firmly held her hands and her up into an embrace.

adverb modifies verb

Just as we water each branch of a tree seperately in order that the whole tree may grow well

In order for us to help you with the grammar, we need to understand your sentence. What I could get out of your sentence is this: We water each branch of the tree so that it can grow healthily.

Sorry if I didn't give you the help you wanted.

What is the fault with each of these passages?

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