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Having Studied Small Engine Repair in Night School

  1. Default Grammar gone wrong part #1

    I TOOK A QUIZ AND GOT AN EMBARRASSING SCORE OF 52% CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ONES I GOT WRONG AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. THANK YOU. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ANSWER I CHOSE IN RED.THIS IS ONLY PART #1

    1. Having studied small engine repair in night school, fixing the lawn mower was easy.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison


    2. When I asked for a submarine, the convenience store clerk said he didn't have kits for making model ships with a confused look.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    3. I always think linen napkins are nicer.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    4. The reason she is not here is because she is ill.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    5. The wind was howling and blowing a hundred miles an hour when suddenly there is a big crash, and a tree falls into Rocky's living room. The sentence shifts in

    a. person
    b. tense
    c. discourse
    d. voice and subject

    6. The bulldozer clanked into the woods and the ground was disturbed. The sentence shifts in

    a. number
    b. mood
    c. voice and subject
    d. discourse

    7. Some used car salemen twist the truth. Be careful when you talk to them. This sentence shifts in

    a. mood
    b. voice and subject
    c. person
    d. number

    8. If one smokes cigarettes, you run the risk of getting lung cancer.

    a. number
    b. mood
    c. tense
    d. person

    9. Anyone who rides a bicycle every day will discover that they develop some muscles not developed by jogging. This sentence shifts in

    a. person
    b. number
    c. mood
    d. discourse

    10. The person sat down at the counter and asked did we have any scruples. This sentence shifts in

    a. mood
    b. discourse
    c. tense
    d. voice and subject


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    I'll repeat the questions and insert my comments in blue. -- Pete
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    1. Having studied small engine repair in night school, fixing the lawn mower was easy.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    ==> I'd say this is an example of a dangling modifier ; the one who did the action of the introductory phrase is not the subject of the main clause of the sentence.

    2. When I asked for a submarine, the convenience store clerk said he didn't have kits for making model ships with a confused look.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    ==> This appears to be an example of a misplaced modifier ; it seems to refer to ships that have a confused look.

    3. I always think linen napkins are nicer.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    ==> This would be an incomplete comparison ; it leaves the reader thinking, "nicer than what?"

    4. The reason she is not here is because she is ill.

    a. misplaced modifier
    b. dangling modifier
    c. faulty predication
    d. incomplete comparison

    ==> I'd call this faulty predication ; the complement after "is" should be a noun clause beginning with "that", not an adverbial clause beginning with "because".

    5. The wind was howling and blowing a hundred miles an hour when suddenly there is a big crash, and a tree falls into Rocky's living room. The sentence shifts in

    a. person
    b. tense
    c. discourse
    d. voice and subject

    Correct.

    6. The bulldozer clanked into the woods and the ground was disturbed. The sentence shifts in

    a. number
    b. mood
    c. voice and subject
    d. discourse

    Correct.

    7. Some used car salesmen twist the truth. Be careful when you talk to them. This sentence shifts in

    a. mood
    b. voice and subject
    c. person
    d. number

    Correct - it shifts from 3rd person to 2nd person. (But it's really 2 separate sentences, and they sound fine to me. You can also call it a shift in mood - indicative to imperative. I'm not sure what the tester was trying to illustrate.)

    8. If one smokes cigarettes, you run the risk of getting lung cancer.

    a. number
    b. mood
    c. tense
    d. person
    Correct.


    9. Anyone who rides a bicycle every day will discover that they develop some muscles not developed by jogging. This sentence shifts in

    a. person
    b. number
    c. mood
    d. discourse

    ==> I'd say number ; "anyone" is singular, but "they" is plural.

    10. The person sat down at the counter and asked did we have any scruples. This sentence shifts in

    a. mood
    b. discourse
    c. tense
    d. voice and subject

    ==> I'd say discourse ; the natural indirect question would be: "… and asked whether we had any scruples."
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    I can't guarantee that my answers are what your teacher expected, but they seem reasonable to me.

    ---- Pete

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