A class of adults is learning about how to make their own car repairs.
A class of adults (who are learning about how to make their own car repairs-adj cl) V meets every Tuesday night.
A class of adults learning about how to make their own car repairs meets every Tuesday night.
Essential/ non-essential clauses, Restrictive/ non-restrictive clauses
A. All people,
B. All people who are born in Canada are Canadian citizens.
NOT SAME MEANING
B is true.
The million-dollar comma.
A. My sister, who is a nurse, has two kids. One sister
B. My sister who is a nurse has two kids. Two sisters
My mother who is retired plays mahjong. UNUSUAL
My mother, who is retired, plays mahjong. USUAL
3. F
The laborer's union council to decide what sites to picket. vf
The laborer's union council has to decide what sites to picket.
The laborer's union council is going to decide what sites to picket.
The laborer's union council will
vf- verb form
4. F
Your mother was charged with drunken driving after falling asleep at a traffic light.
PASSIVE VOICE
5. F
Mr. Contreras, (who is) the only resident who is against the plan, did not vote.
6. F
7. S
8. F
9. S
10. F
11. F
12. F
13. S
14. S
15. F
16. S
17. F
Most of the drug-related deaths reported in 1989.
Most of the drug-related deaths were reported in 1989.
Most of the drug-related deaths reported in 2015 happened in downtown east.
18. F
19. S- passive voice
PASSIVE VOICE is weak.
"A three-day conference is planned."
-Who did the action? We don't know.
- Subject of the subject is inactive.
"A three-day conference is planned by the organizers."
- Forces you to read backward.
"A three-day conference is planned by the organizers."
"The organizers planned a three-day conference."
-Active voice verbs are simpler and easier. Passive voice are easy to make a mistake.
-Active voice- no preposition
WANT TO SOUND WEAK, or HIDE THE TRUTH-
20.F
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