What correction should be made to the following sentence? "With maturity comes the realization that much of their parents' behavior, once so irritated, was motivated by feelings of love for them."
A change comes to come
B change realization to realizing
C changes parents' to parents
D changed irritated to irritating
E no correction is necessary
2006-06-19 08:18:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
d) change irritated to irritating
it's the person that's feeling irritated at the parents' irritating behavior. if it's "once so irritated", then it would be saying that the parents' behavior was irritated >< and behavior can't be irritated.
a) is not right because the subject is "maturity", singular noun, only use "come" if it's talking about two/more things.
e.g. They come to the store every Sunday. vs. He comes to the store every Sunday.
b) is not right because you have to say what comes with realization, and if you put realizing, that doesn't make sense, it has to be a noun.
c), talking about the behavior of the parents, if parents' shows that it's behavior of the parents, so that's all good.
hope this helped :)
2006-06-19 12:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by asrael_espoir 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont like anything about that sentence. It doesnt read well.
With maturity comes the realization that much of a parents behavior, once so irritating to a child, was motivated by feelings of love for them.
I like that better. But thats not eve relevant to your question.
2006-06-19 15:22:51 · answer #2 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is definitely D. A is wrong because maturity is singular and needs a singular verb. B is wrong because the word there needs to be a noun. C is incorrect because it is the behavior of the parents, which is possessive. E is incorrect because the parents' behavior is irritating. If it were irritated, then the rest of the sentence would be about the parents, and it isn't.
2006-06-19 15:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by muppetwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no subject. The sentence should be restructured:
"With maturity, children come to the realization that much of their parents' behavior, once so irritating, was motivated by feelings of love for them."
"D" is closest, but as I noted, has an indistinct subject.
Pollyanna statement, by the way.
2006-06-19 15:22:30 · answer #4 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. The parents' love was irritating
2006-06-19 15:21:08 · answer #5 · answered by philk_ca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is D. The behavior is irritating. "Irritating" is an adjective describing the parents' behavior, while "irritated" is a verb.
2006-06-19 15:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by Girasol 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d - definitly Parent's behavior can not be irritated because no one can annoy a behavior. A behavior annoys us. So the behavior is irritating,
2006-06-19 15:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by mic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D - irritated to irritating - I'd say annoying...
2006-06-19 15:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by Tones 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your irritating
2006-06-19 15:22:15 · answer #9 · answered by chairette2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close this now! your teacher is coming! stop cheating!
2006-06-19 15:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋