Strength, steadiness, and sang-froid are essential traits for a
president, (A)[who must handle tough choices on a routine basis and brutal choices more often than anyone would like to]. Bush and Kerry, so different in many ways, do share this crucial attribute: (B)[crisis seems to bring out the best in them]. (C)[Neither shows any tendency to get panicky or weak-kneed when things go wrong], and (D)[once they set a course] they can be extraordinary tenacious in pursuing it.
2006-06-26 08:28:06 · 6 answers · asked by pallist 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I'm confused. Are you indicating the underlined phrases by bracketing them with parentheses?
Are these the choices?
A .who must handle tough choices....would like to.
B. Crisis seems to bring out the best in them.
C. Neither shows....when things go wrong.
D. Once they set a course
I ask, because as one poster pointed out, extraordinary should be extraordinarily, and that's the only obvious error in the sections that are not parenthesized.
Otherwise, if the choices are as I think, then I find errors
as follows.
A. Dangling preposition. "than anyone would like TO."
Better to say "more often than anyone would like."
C. Panicky and weak-kneed -- try panicked and weak-kneed instead. Also, for a better syntax use "become" rather than "get."
Hmm, that's more than one choice. Oh, well.
2006-06-26 16:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by go away 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, (B) is incorrect, as Bush turns tail and hides during a crisis, as his abyssmal mismanagement of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina bore vivid testament.
But I think the answer which is expected is (D). It should read:
"[once they set a course] they can be *extraordinarily* tenacious in pursuing it."
2006-06-26 11:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by twylafox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(C)Neither shows any tendency to get panicky or weak-kneed when things go wrong
this should read "Neither shows any tendency to get panicky nor weak-kneed when things go wrong"
English Grammar Lesson #1
either - or
neither - nor
although this entire passage could be rewritten because the whole thing is a little rough
2006-06-26 08:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by Rose Petal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only mistake I see is that "extraordinary" in the last line should be "extraordinarily" instead - adverb modifying the adjective "tenacious>"
2006-06-26 08:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A is incorrect because you never want to end a sentence with a preposition.
2006-06-26 08:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by greenlila2401 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A is the one with wrong grammar or sentence structure.
Not sure if entire text is correct either.
2006-06-26 08:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋