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Question

The words in parentheses are incorrect; can you explain why?

1. Introduced at the last moment by the Scholastic Council (was) a demand that the college allocate funds for a day-care center and a damend that the college hire more minority faculty members.

2.(Summarily rejecting) the demands of the students for a greater voice in determining university policy, the dean now worries that her decision might result in new student demonstration.

3. Is this sentence correct?
Although Janice has expressed a desire to become a couture designer, she lacks the necessary sewing skills and has no interest in detail work.

4. The difference in climate (accounts) for the marked distinction between north and south of some countries.

5. The dean lectured (us students) on the privilege of attending the university.

6. (Feeling guilty about raising his voice,) Webster sought out his friend in the local tavern and tried to assuage his friend's bitterness by offering him a glasss of port.

Answer 1

Well, it's been a long time since I had an English class, but I'll take a stab at them:


1) Two demands "were" introduced. Plural.

2) Conflicting verb tense. "Having summarily rejected... the dean worries..."

3) Seems to be ok....?

4) The "difference" (singular) "accounts" (singular) is ok. I think climate should be plural (climates).

5) "...lectured us..." I would leave out "students."

6) Verb tense again. "Feeling" is present tense, "sought" and "tried" are past tense.

Answer 2

1. Should be "were," not "was," since there were multiple demands.

2. Should be "having summarily rejected," since the second part of the sentence makes it clear that this already took place.

3. Looks OK to me.

4. Looks wrong somehow, but I can't explain exactly why, or how to fix it. Check and see if all the plurals agree with each other.

5. Looks OK to me.

6. Perhaps "Feeling guilty about having raised his voice?" But the whole sentence still feels kind of awkward. There's probably a better way to put it.

Answer 3

1. (was) is past tense, does not align with "at the last moment."
2. Too vague a statement, must be concise, and in present tense
3. No it is not correct. "Janice has expressed a desire to become a couture designer." The rest of the sentence has no bearing on her desire.
4. (accounts) is confusing to the reader.
5. (us students) is unnecessary since the dean is lecturing at the university. It is taken for granted that there are students at the lecture.
6. (Feeling guilty about raising his voice,) has nothing to do with the sentence, an unnecessary statement, it detracts not help define the sentence.

Answer 4

1. "was" becomes "is" because of the present tense of the sentence.
2. There's nothing to "Summarily reject" because, at that point, nothing has been stated to "summarily reject."
3. Yes
4. "Accounts" is wrong because it implies a sense of assurance. Climate isn't the only determining factor in this case. There are many other factors.
5. "WE" students. The subject agreement is wrong because it's in third person. "US" is reserved for 2nd.
6. How can you assert a feeling with no circumstance? Had this been inserted somewhere else, it MIGHT have worked; as it stands, his feeling of remorse is already felt by the reader. Offering the "glass of port" was his "make-up" gesture.

Answer 5

1) Should be "were" as 2 demands were made
2) I think it should be "having summarily rejected" as it happened in the past
3) Ok I think
4)Dunno
5)Should be we, I think???? As in "we, the students"
6) Same as 2) - I think it should be "Feeling guilty about having raised his voice"

Hope this is helpful

Answer 6

1. were
2. Thought that was ok!
3. Looks alright to me. Unless they want 'detailed' instead of 'detail'?
5. 'the student body' would be more elegant. Or 'we students'.

The others seem ok to me, although 6 is rather clumsy, and I got an A for my A-level English - they are very picky! Good luck!

Answer 7

1. There are TWO demands, so it should be "were".
2. ?
3. Looks OK to me.
4. ?
5. Probably should be just "us" or "the students".
6. ?

Sorry, not much help.

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