S5-b: Illogical connections

S5-bStraighten out the logical connections.

The subject and the predicate (the verb and its modifiers) should make sense together; when they don’t, the error is known as faulty predication.

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Tiffany, not her welfare, may not be safe.

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The exemption, not the elderly, will be abolished.

An appositive is a noun that renames a nearby noun. When an appositive and the noun it renames are not logically equivalent, the error is known as faulty apposition. (See B3-c.)

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The tax accountant is a person, not a profession.