Advanced Topics Flashcards
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Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
Answer: He nearly drove his kids to school every day.
'Nearly' should modify 'every day,' but its placement implies he almost drove (rather than drove almost every day).
Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly?
Answer: She had already left when he called.
The past perfect 'had already left' correctly expresses an action completed before another past action.
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound-complex sentence?
Answer: Although it rained, we continued hiking, and we enjoyed ourselves.
This sentence has a subordinate clause ('Although it rained'), two independent clauses joined by 'and,' and correct punctuation throughout.
In transformational grammar, what does a 'deep structure' refer to?
Answer: The abstract underlying meaning of a sentence before transformation.
Chomsky's deep structure represents the abstract, underlying semantic representation before surface transformations are applied.
Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
Answer: The rule is simple: always proofread your work.
A colon correctly introduces an explanation or elaboration when preceded by a complete independent clause.
Which of the following best defines 'zeugma'?
Answer: Using one word to govern two or more words in different senses.
Zeugma applies a single verb or adjective to two nouns in different (often incongruous) senses, as in 'She lost her keys and her temper.'
Which sentence correctly uses the conditional perfect tense?
Answer: If he had trained harder, he would have won.
The third conditional uses 'had + past participle' in the if-clause and 'would have + past participle' in the result clause.