Question
The candidates debated
wether
⇒ whether the current policies were appropriate
given
⇒ because, since the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.
Use Strunk’s advice to make the second half of the sentence parallel.
“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war ended”
“the economy had changed, and there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”
“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”
wether
⇒ whether the current policies were appropriate
given
⇒ because, since the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.
Use Strunk’s advice to make the second half of the sentence parallel.
“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war ended”
“the economy had changed, and there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”
“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”
Answers
Answer
Change the following sentence from passive voice to active voice by choosing the best revision.
“It was decided by my parents that our family would go camping this weekend.”
“This weekend, our family would go camping, was a decision made by my parents.”
“Our family would go camping this weekend was a decision made by my parents.”
“My parents decided that our family would go camping this weekend.”
“A decision made by my parents sent my family camping this weekend.”
“It was decided by my parents that our family would go camping this weekend.”
“This weekend, our family would go camping, was a decision made by my parents.”
“Our family would go camping this weekend was a decision made by my parents.”
“My parents decided that our family would go camping this weekend.”
“A decision made by my parents sent my family camping this weekend.”
Answer
Revise the following sentence to use active voice and remove the dangling preposition.
“Visiting Italy was something I had always dreamed of.”
“Dreaming of visiting Italy was something I had always done.”
“I had always dreamed of visiting Italy.”
“Something I had always dreamed of was visiting Italy.”
“To visit Italy was something of which I had always dreamed.”
“Visiting Italy was something I had always dreamed of.”
“Dreaming of visiting Italy was something I had always done.”
“I had always dreamed of visiting Italy.”
“Something I had always dreamed of was visiting Italy.”
“To visit Italy was something of which I had always dreamed.”
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
To make the second half of the sentence parallel, the best choice is:
“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended.”
This revision provides consistent verb forms, which enhances clarity and flow.
“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended.”
This revision provides consistent verb forms, which enhances clarity and flow.
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
The best revision to change the sentence from passive voice to active voice is:
**“My parents decided that our family would go camping this weekend.”**
This version clearly identifies the subject (my parents) and uses the active voice.
**“My parents decided that our family would go camping this weekend.”**
This version clearly identifies the subject (my parents) and uses the active voice.
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
The best revision to use active voice and remove the dangling preposition is:
**“I had always dreamed of visiting Italy.”**
This version clearly identifies the subject and represents the idea in active voice without dangling prepositions.
**“I had always dreamed of visiting Italy.”**
This version clearly identifies the subject and represents the idea in active voice without dangling prepositions.
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