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Hi everyone, can some verbal / SC geniuses help explain why the "N"sentences are incorrect, while the "Y"sentences are correct please?
N denotes wrong sentences
Y denotes correct sentences
1)
N: The city industrialists have demanded the state government to meet the promises made by chief minister Ashok Chavan.
Y: The city industrialists have demanded that the state government meet the promises made by chief minister Ashok Chavan.
2)
Y: The problem is Disney's ability to take control of some of the best-known characters quickly is very limited.
N: The problem is Disney's ability of taking control of some of the best-known characters quickly is very limited.
3)
Y: This report has been issued by the association since 1931, except for a four-year interruption during World War II.
N: This report has been issued by the association since 1931, with the exception of a four-year interruption during World War II.
4)
Y: We have one chance in a million of winning the World Cup.
N: We have one in a million chances to win the World Cup.
5)
Y: She is credited for solving numerous cases.
N: She is credited with solving numerous cases.
6)
Y: Why hasn't Congress mandated that the total premium cost be shown as wages on every pay stub but not taxed?
N: Why hasn't Congress mandated that the total premium cost are shown as wages on every pay stub but not taxed?
7)
Y: The drug maker proposed that the litigation be centralized in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
N: The drug maker proposed the litigation be centralized in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
8)
Y: The astronauts would probably best use their remaining time living and working on Mars rather than dying at home.
N: The astronauts would probably best use their remaining time living and working on Mars instead of dying at home.
9)
Y: It seems as if the company is slowly running out of new features to add.
N: It seems like the company is slowly running out of new features to add.
10)
Y: Sweet potatoes are native to Central America and Peru.
N: Sweet potatoes are native in Central America and Peru.
11)
Y: The lead-in from “Dancing With the Stars” will be high, and so too will be the expectations.
N: The lead-in from “Dancing With the Stars” will be high, and also the expectations.
N denotes wrong sentences
Y denotes correct sentences
1)
N: The city industrialists have demanded the state government to meet the promises made by chief minister Ashok Chavan.
Y: The city industrialists have demanded that the state government meet the promises made by chief minister Ashok Chavan.
2)
Y: The problem is Disney's ability to take control of some of the best-known characters quickly is very limited.
N: The problem is Disney's ability of taking control of some of the best-known characters quickly is very limited.
3)
Y: This report has been issued by the association since 1931, except for a four-year interruption during World War II.
N: This report has been issued by the association since 1931, with the exception of a four-year interruption during World War II.
4)
Y: We have one chance in a million of winning the World Cup.
N: We have one in a million chances to win the World Cup.
5)
Y: She is credited for solving numerous cases.
N: She is credited with solving numerous cases.
6)
Y: Why hasn't Congress mandated that the total premium cost be shown as wages on every pay stub but not taxed?
N: Why hasn't Congress mandated that the total premium cost are shown as wages on every pay stub but not taxed?
7)
Y: The drug maker proposed that the litigation be centralized in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
N: The drug maker proposed the litigation be centralized in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
8)
Y: The astronauts would probably best use their remaining time living and working on Mars rather than dying at home.
N: The astronauts would probably best use their remaining time living and working on Mars instead of dying at home.
9)
Y: It seems as if the company is slowly running out of new features to add.
N: It seems like the company is slowly running out of new features to add.
10)
Y: Sweet potatoes are native to Central America and Peru.
N: Sweet potatoes are native in Central America and Peru.
11)
Y: The lead-in from “Dancing With the Stars” will be high, and so too will be the expectations.
N: The lead-in from “Dancing With the Stars” will be high, and also the expectations.
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03 Dec 2018, 15:17
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Almost all of these are idioms. The unfortunate thing about idioms is that they're not right or wrong for any consistent, logical reason. (You could make up some logic for them if it helps you remember - but there isn't actually any particular reason that they're right or wrong, they're just the way we happen to talk/write).
Here are the ones that aren't idioms:
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I don't think that the Y sentence here is actually right. I believe it needs a 'that' after the first 'is'. A lot of the time, 'that' is optional in cases like this, but here, leaving it out makes it look like 'Disney's ability' is the object of the sentence, rather than being the subject of a separate clause.
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N is incorrect because 'total premium cost' is a singular noun. Since that's what's being shown, the verb 'are' needs to agree with it. It would have to be singular.
In Y, we use 'be' rather than 'is' due to something called the 'command subjunctive.'
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'like' should be followed by just a noun. Since it's followed by something more complex ('the company is...'), you use 'as if' instead.
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One problem with N has to do with how lists work. If you say 'and also', you're constructing a list that ends with whatever comes after 'also'. For instance:
'I like wine and also cheese.'
The elements of the list should generally stay together (there can be modifiers in between them, sure, but you can't have one as the subject of the sentence and one all the way on the other side of the sentence). In N, it looks as though 'high' and 'expectations' are supposed to be the two things on the list, since they're grouped together on either side of 'and also'. That's not the intended meaning!
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