45.1 All shifts
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Exercise S5-4
Mixed constructions
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In each pair, click on the version of the sentence in which all the parts fit together grammatically.
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Example
1 of 10
Sorry. The prepositional phrase
In Buñol cannot serve as the subject of the verb
hosts. Deleting the word
In solves the problem by making
Buñol the subject.
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Correct. The subject,
Buñol, and the verb,
hosts, make sense together.
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2 of 10
Sorry. The
Although clause is subordinate, so it cannot be linked to an independent clause with the coordinating conjunction
but. Deleting the word
but solves the problem.
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Correct. The subordinate clause (
Although Cheryl . . . ) is correctly linked to the independent clause (
she excelled . . .).
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3 of 10
Sorry. The subordinate clause
When students first move to college cannot serve as the subject of the verb
may be.
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Correct. The subordinate clause
When students... is properly linked to the independent clause
they may. . . .
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4 of 10
Sorry.
Is when should not be used to introduce a definition.
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Correct.
Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological disorder is a proper form for a definition.
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5 of 10
Sorry. The phrase
Being a web designer does not make sense as the subject of the verb
must create.
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Correct. The noun phrase
A web designer makes sense as the subject of the verb
must create.
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6 of 10
Sorry. The phrase
Judging from his expression doesn’t make sense as the subject of the verb
made.
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Correct. The subject (
expression) and the verb (
made) make sense together.
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7 of 10
Sorry. A songwriter is a person, not a pastime; the two words are not logically equivalent.
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Correct.
Songwriting and
pastime are logically equivalent, so the sentence makes sense.
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8 of 10
Sorry. The subordinate clause
When toddlers begin to speak . . . cannot serve as the subject of the verb
can be.
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Correct.
They have reached is an appropriate subject and verb, and the clause
When toddlers begin to speak . . . serves as a subordinate clause, not as a subject.
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9 of 10
Sorry. An actor is a person, not a technique; the two words are not logically equivalent.
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Correct. The words
acting and
technique are logically equivalent, so the sentence makes sense.
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10 of 10
Sorry. The noun
purpose cannot logically serve as the subject of the verb
inspires. The garden, not the purpose, inspires peace and reflection.
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Correct. The noun
garden and the verb
inspires make sense together.
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