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Introduction to Exercise 2 |
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Use the following structures when asking direct and
indirect questions.
Direct questions follow verb + subject word order.
- Example of a direct question:
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When are elections held? |
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When elections are held? |
Indirect questions are asked inside sentences and follow a subject + verb word order.
- Example of an indirect question:
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She wants to know when elections are
held. |
| Incorrect: |
She wants to know when are elections
held. |
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Place a prepositional phrase or relative clause
as close as possible to the word it is describing. This way there's no confusion as
to what the prepositional phrase or relative clause is referring to.
- Example:Women from various cultural backgrounds
prefer to go out with younger men.
Here, the phrase from various cultural backgrounds describes the women.
- Example: Women prefer to go out with younger men from
various cultural backgrounds.
Here, the phrase from various cultural backgrounds describes the men.
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An adverb should not come between a verb
and its object.
- Example:
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He cruelly murdered his wife. |
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He murdered cruelly his wife. |
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Place the verb before the subject when using negative
adverbial expressions such as under no circumstances, expressions beginning
with only such as only when, and after balanced structures such as
not only… but also, either… or, neither… nor.
- Example:
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Only when she saw him, was she
able to believe how much he had suffered. |
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Only when she saw him, she was
able to believe how much he had suffered. |
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The following passages contain mistakes with word order. Click on
the word or phrase that contains the mistake. When you click, a box
will
appear. Type the correct word
or phrase in this box and then click the INSERT button. When you
have finished making all the corrections, click DONE to compare
WHAT YOU WROTE with WHAT WE WROTE. |
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