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by make_wishes_2010s
Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:29 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: Question about Parallelism! from 5th ed SC Manhattan
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Question about Parallelism! from 5th ed SC Manhattan

On page 62, the question asked me to correct the underlined part of the following sentence: Dr. Crock's claims have been not corroborated by other scientists or published in a prestigious journal but have nonetheless garnered a great deal of attention from the public. And the answer on page 64 is: D...
by make_wishes_2010s
Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:40 am
 
Forum: General Verbal Questions
Topic: The Use of Infinitives (OF PURPOSE). Thanks!
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The Use of Infinitives (OF PURPOSE). Thanks!

On page 89 of the 5th ed Sentence Correction, under the discussion on Verb Modifiers, the textbook stated that " Infinitives of purpose can be used with unnamed agents in passive-voice sentences " and then gave an example considered as grammatically correct: The weight was lifted to free m...