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Whoops, just noticed: "a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission" IS a phrase since it has no real verb. I was thinking that it wasn't a CLAUSE. So sorry
- by chrispy
Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Doubt ...
- Replies: 4
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Can some one please explain In C/D -doesn't 'the largest of the ancient world' modifies Alexandria ?? What is the rule with this modifier? I think since "at Alexandria" is a prepositional phrase, you're supposed to just go with knowing that the appositive modifies "the library" ...
- by chrispy
Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In A.D. 391, .........
- Replies: 19
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Between A and B, A has major pronoun ambiguity ("they") and also ends in a preposition ("for"). When moving a preposition back into the body of a sentence, "for which" is perfectly correct, but it often sounds odd because that's not what we would say in normal speech.
- by chrispy
Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Roosevelt
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6909
"A technique called proton-induced X-ray emission" looks like it would function as the subject of this sentence, with "technique" being the simple subject. "A technique...emission" is not actually a phrase because a phrase requires a noun and a verb, and "called&qu...
- by chrispy
Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Doubt ...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1399
I don't think the problem lies in the " 'S," but more in the comparison. The correct answer states that a black hole lies at the center OF the Milky Way and OF many of the...other galaxies. In this structure, it is then understood that you're talking about the "center" in both &q...
- by chrispy
Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Apostrophe " 'S "
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6093
[spoiler]A - Tense issues with "having" compared to "commissioned" B - Introduced another subject with "they" and doesn't connect the first independent clause to the next correctly D and E - Who is attempting to attract more tourists? The Swiss government, not cow statu...
- by chrispy
Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Swiss Govn
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2791
Everything up to "charge" is an independent clause and should be separately appropriately; in this case, a semicolon can be used, eliminating A, B, and C. Logically, this also makes sense since it follows that federal prosecutors would be unlike to pursue infringers while the crime was sti...
- by chrispy
Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10075
Due to its placement, "IT" should refer to "the injured area."You're right. But in D what does IT refer to?
- by chrispy
Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Unlike the body’s inflammatory response
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10751