Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised.Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so on purpose.
Answer(s): A
The correct answer is A. B and C are run-ons. D and E misuse their semicolons: the parts before them are not independent clauses.
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised.Lockers in schools are often dilapidated, making student's valuables susceptible to theft.
Answer(s): E
This sentence is wrong because of a possession error. Not just one student possesses lockers and many valuables. The sentence refers to "lockers in schools," and your typical student doesn't just have a ton of lockers to choose from! Because multiple entities (i.e. people) possess the valuables referred to, the clause needs to become "making students' valuables susceptible to theft." Choices A, B and C all fail to correct this possession error, and choice D mistakenly places "that" after the comma when "which" would be the only appropriate way to begin the descriptive clause. If there was no comma or a replacement semi-colon preceding (coming before) "that" then the sentence would have been okay. Only choice E corrects the possession error and makes a fitting descriptive clause.
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised.Fleeing the horde of zombies on foot, an apparently safe building became visible to the terrified couple.
Answer(s): B
The correct answer is B. Choice A, C, D, and E are all dangling modifiers. Who was fleeing the horde? The terrified couple was.
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised.Natural disasters have been increasingly effecting nearly every part of the world in the past decade with catastrophic tornadoes, hurricanes and tsunamis.
Answer(s): C
The only problem with the underlined portion of this sentence is the use of the word "effecting" instead of "affecting." When an object/s undergoes changes, these changes are effects such as in the following sentence:John's excellent attendance at school has had positive effects on his education. However, in the verb form, "effects" turns into "affects" such as in the following sentence: John's excellent attendance has affected his education. Noun (effect) vs. verb (affect). Only choice C and choice E properly used "affecting" but choice E uses the future tense when the sentence clearly describes an occurrence of the past ("...in the past decade...").Choice C is correct.
Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised.For every song that is a hit, it is critical to have a quality "beat" and quality lyrics; however, music companies hire professional producers and song writers.
The underlined portion of this sentence is wrong because the conjunction "however" needs to properly reflect the supporting nature of the second clause--NOT a contrasting relationship. Choice A, C and E all reflect a contrasting relationship when a supporting and united relationship should be here. Choice B and D are left.Choice B is best because the initial clause creates a premise (the requirements for a good song) that the second clause needs to support (how these requirements are met); therefore is the ideal transition for this type of cause-effect relationship.
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