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09 Jul 2021, 03:30
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Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia.
A. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia
B. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July
C. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, usually accompanied by friends, go on vacation, usually spent in Indonesia
D. Around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes accompanied by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia
E. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July every year
A. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia
B. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July
C. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, usually accompanied by friends, go on vacation, usually spent in Indonesia
D. Around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes accompanied by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia
E. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July every year
11 Jul 2021, 02:45
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia.
A. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The relative pronoun that cannot follow a comma.
What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: who, which, that, whose, whom
Also, this answer choice is stylistically flawed. Using both annual and year is redundant.
What helps us identify this question as a redundancy question as well as identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: annual + year
B. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July
While this answer choice corrects the original redundancy, it repeats the original grammatical mistake: the relative pronoun that cannot follow a comma.
What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: who, which, that, whose, whom
C. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, usually accompanied by friends, go on vacation, usually spent in Indonesia
While this answer choice corrects both original mistakes, it changes the meaning of the original sentence as a result of replacing the word sometimes (appearing in the original sentence after Jane) with usually.
D. Around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes accompanied by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia
Replacing joined with accompanied does not constitute a meaning change since these words have the same meaning.
E. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July every year[/quote]
While this answer choice corrects the original grammatical mistake, it repeats the original stylistic mistake: using both annual and year is redundant.
What helps us identify this question as a redundancy question as well as identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: annual + year
General Discussion
10 Jul 2021, 23:47
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Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia.
A. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia --- wrong usage of that.
B. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July --- same as A
C. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, usually accompanied by friends, go on vacation, usually spent in Indonesia - correct
D. Around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes accompanied by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia --- usage of "they" is ambiguous
E. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July every year --- same as D
A. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia --- wrong usage of that.
B. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, that they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July --- same as A
C. Every year, around June or July, John and Jane, usually accompanied by friends, go on vacation, usually spent in Indonesia - correct
D. Around June or July, John and Jane, sometimes accompanied by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia --- usage of "they" is ambiguous
E. John and Jane, sometimes joined by friends, go on their annual vacation, which they usually spend in Indonesia, around June or July every year --- same as D
