What is wrong with this sentence? In early human societies, you had to hunt or gather your food.
1. The pronoun is inappropriate since you refers to the reader, and the reader was not alive in the time described.
2. Using the second-person pronoun (you) is not generally preferred in academic writing.
3. Stating exactly who had to hunt and gather would make the sentence more clear and convey better information.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.
I'm not sure about this one... I originally would've thought all of the above, but our teacher has told us that using (you) in academic writing is now okay.. So if anyone has any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated... and maybe an explanation so I could understand it better? Thanks!
2006-09-24 14:38:40 · 9 answers · asked by liz26767 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Actually, it's a poorly worded question. 1 and 3 say almost the same thing. They both point to the pronoun as the problem, 1 just says it's inappropriate while 3 says a noun should be used instead of a pronoun.
I'd flip a coin between 1 and 3. And I'd ask the teacher how he or she feels about the question.
2006-09-24 14:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
3
2006-09-24 21:47:38 · answer #2 · answered by ginarene71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent(the word for which the pronouns stands) in number, gender and person.
e.g. I must stand for MY client.
Frank said that HE....gender
WE plan to explain OUR......
The company's AUDITORS will issue THEIR..........
get my meaning?
Based on that Early societies is a plural so it should have been they.
So, correctly it would have read: In early human societies they had to hunt or gather their food.
Since the sentence is made to sound like I personally would hunt and gather...your best choice would be #1.
My only other thought was the academic issue...but based on the (pick the best choice) #1 is failing in a major way...the others are just ideas. ( not really breaking a specific rule.)
2006-09-24 23:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by Chef Susy--Cookin it up! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first inclination was to say all of the above. It is a hard choice between #1 and #3, but I will go with #1
"who had to hunt and gather" is clear from the context
2006-09-24 21:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Number 3 caused it states what is going on.It show the reader what is really going on who had to hunt and who gathered the food.It has a main sentence and it makes sense the co-ordinating conjunction you make it became completely independent.ok hope that hepl u.Take care.
Goodluck in the future!.Example this makes sense,
In early human societies people depend on hunting and gathering of their own foods.
2006-09-24 21:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by daisey_beauty2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is # 3 just because it makes more since for instance:
In early human societies, Cavemen, had to hunt or gather food.
2006-09-24 21:45:09 · answer #6 · answered by ProudSexySouthernGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5. None of the above.
Most of the time, when you hunt your food, you gather it after it has been killed. So, I would offer the following:
In early human societies, you had to hunt and gather your food.
2006-09-24 21:51:27 · answer #7 · answered by temejo1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not just say it this way....state the facts.
Early human settlers were either hunters or gatherers.
Or....
Early human settlers relied on hunting or gathering for their food.
2006-09-24 21:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by onlyonemeg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#3 - how about " hunt for, or gather their food"
2006-09-24 21:47:29 · answer #9 · answered by Papa John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋