OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONProject SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
Quote:
The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, that it has prevented the commencement of work due to the onset of winter and thus has use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
THE OPTIONSQuote:
A) The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, that it has prevented the commencement of work due to the onset of winter and thus has use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
• ungrammatical redundancy
The underlined portion of the sentence contains the phrase
that it has prevented.This usage unnecessarily and ungrammatically repeats the
that found in the prior portion
recognizes that.
• due to - meaning error
This modifier is tricky in this sentence.
Due to cannot modify verbs, a fact that leaves us with a very strange modifier indeed.
The commencement of work was not due to the onset of winter.
The
failure to commence work was due to the onset of winter.
Due to cannot modify the verb
prevented.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
B) The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, the onset of winter has prevented the commencement of work and thus has use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
• meaning error
The onset of winter does not have use of the department's workforce.
• modifier / meaning error
by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds cannot modify
the onset of winter.After the introduction, the next thing we should be reading about is
The Parks and Recreation Office or the pronoun
it.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
C) The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, it has delayed the commencement of work until the onset of winter and thus is having use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
• verb tense error
→
is having, present progressive, is not the appropriate verb tense.
Present progressive (or present continuous) is used to convey events that are ongoing—that are happening right now.
The usage of present progressive is partly idiomatic.
Wrong: She is having the flu.
Correct: She has the flu.
Simple present tense
has conveys the correct meaning.
Is having is rarely used in formal writing.
ELIMINATE C (or keep it and look for a better answer)
Quote:
D) The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, the onset of winter has prevented the commencement of work, and thus the department is having use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
• verb tense error
Same problem as that in option C
• modifier / meaning error
by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds cannot modify
the onset of winter.After the introduction, the next thing we should be reading about is
The Parks and Recreation Office or the pronoun
it.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
E) The Parks and Recreation office recognizes that by stalling the precise allocation of renovation funds for three months, it has delayed the commencement of work until the onset of winter and thus has use of the department’s workforce for other projects until fair weather returns.
• I do not see any errors
•
that is not repeated
• the correct verb tense is used (simple present,
has)
• meaning is clear
The answer is E.COMMENTSSome of you were not fond of
has use of.The construction is rare but not wrong.
The verb is
has, as in
possesses, but it would be very strange to use
possesses in this instance.
What does the P & R Dept have? The use of the department's workforce. (The latter is the direct object of the verb.)
The verb
can use would not work well in this context because
can conveys ability.
Yes, the department has the ability to use the department's workforce, but the department kinda
stole that ability to use the workforce. Can use, in short, whitewashes the manipulativeness of the department.
These answers are excellent.
aarkay87 , I am bumping you to Best Community Reply.
Nice work, everyone!
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