a.Olny Bill wanted to go to the lake.[Intended meaning:Bill wanted to go to the lake, but no one else did.]
b.Bill only hinted that he would help is move.[Intender meaning: Bill hinted but did not,for example, promise that he would help us move.]
c.Bill wanted only Mary to win.[Intened meaning; Bill wanted Mary to win, but did not want anyone else to win.]
d.all of the above
e. none of the above
2006-09-24 16:09:53 · 8 answers · asked by cherryvalley2006 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Sentence A is grammatically correct. The reason it's the only correct one is that the other two sentences have the predicate and its subject separated by an adverb. In sentence A, the word "only" isn't an adverb, it's an adjective because it's describing Bill. If you were to correct the other two sentences, they would read: "Bill hinted that he would only help us move," and "Bill only wanted Mary to win."
2006-09-24 16:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
D. All of the above.
The word "only" should be placed immediately before the word it modifies.
2006-09-24 23:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by bunstihl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
D - with some spelling corrections
2006-09-24 23:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. All of these seem correct. - DEPENDING upon the chosen word of inflection.
2006-09-24 23:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. All of the above.
2006-09-24 23:18:51 · answer #5 · answered by Underwonder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c
2006-09-24 23:18:15 · answer #6 · answered by dixiegirl687 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d
2006-09-24 23:17:55 · answer #7 · answered by TXBLKGRL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c i suppose
2006-09-24 23:12:17 · answer #8 · answered by bchylik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋