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Week 7 4/4

11-2 Mixed constructions

1 The name of the song is called "Words Unspoken."

he subject (name) and the verb (is called) don’t make sense together. The song, not the name of the song, is called "Words Unspoken."

3 My parents were angry with the adoption agency because it failed to adhere to its schedule.

The subordinating conjuntion because introduces the subordinate clause because it failed. . . .

4 A séance is when people gather to try to contact the spirits of the dead.

A definition should not begin with is when.

5 Bowman established the format in which future football card companies would emulate for years to come.

In which . . . companies would emulate is not grammatical. In the correct sentence, that . . . companies would emulate is grammatical.

Week 7 3/4

10-2 Needed words

It is hard to understand this grammar part.

1 Christopher had an attention span longer than that of the other students.

it is illogical to compare an attention span to students, the words that of are needed

3 Our firm seeks high school graduates who want to learn the refrigeration business and whom we can count on to stay with us for two years after training.

The word whom must be included because who we can count on is not grammatically correct.

5 The visitors were glad to see that Yellowstone National Park was recovering from the devastating forest fire.

Without the word that, the sentence is easily misread. Readers might at first think that the visitors were glad to see the park when in fact they were glad to see the park's recovery.

8  Elizabeth feared that the snapping turtles in Lost Lake were disappearing.
Without the word that, the sentence might be misread. Readers might at first think that Elizabeth feared the turtles, but in fact she feared their disappearance.

Week 7 2/4

22-3-4 Pronoun-antecedent agreement

I took these quizzes. I felt that this section is important to find some clues.

1 American families are likely to have at least two cars in their garages.

Both the pronoun their and its antecedent, families, are plural.

2 Americans seem to be in love with their cars. this one is correct.

Everyone in America seems to be in love with their cars

The plural pronoun their does not agree with the singular antecedent, Everyone

4 A consumer in the 1970s expected their new car to burn fuel efficiently.

the plural pronoun their does not agree with its singular antecedent, consumer

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2 The audience entered the auditorium and seated (itself / themselves) facing a map of Gettysburg.

The collective noun audience has a plural meaning. so the plural pronoun themselves makes sense.

9 Neither the horse nor the cattle could get (its / their) fill of grass in the pasture after two months of drought.

cattle - the pronoun agrees with the closer part of the antecedent