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Flashcards: Recognizing subordination and coordination, parallelism, and modifier placement

Jimmy is annoyed at the video game that he was playing. For one thing, there was not nearly enough interesting characters suspenseful moments or exciting escapes in the game to satisfy him. For another, it was incredibly hard while playing the game to control the cars. It always wanted to veer to the left when he tried to steer to the right. But the ending of the game was worst. By the time he got to the end, the hero had decided to stop chasing rogue spies and therefore marry his girlfriend, a surprise attack resulted in her being kidnapped, and the hero must go on a final mission to save her before the game can be completed. That would of been fine, except it involved tracking the enemy using a helicopter, and Jimmy much to his chagrin never mastered flying the helicopter.

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Flashcards: Recognizing subordination and coordination, parallelism, and modifier placement

Choose the option that best corrects the bolded and underlined section of the text.

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consequently

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thus

Correct answer:

Omit the highlighted word

Explanation:

The game hero's action of deciding to stop chasing rogue spies does not entail his marrying his romantic partner; he could have simply decided he needed a career change. Since there is no causal connection between the two actions, it is incorrect to use a conjunction like "therefore," "consequently," or "thus," and the conjunction should simply be omitted from the sentence: "the hero had decided to stop chasing rogue spies and marry his girlfriend." "Therefore" always suggests a rock-solid, direct causal relationship, as do "thus" and "consequently."

Flashcards: Recognizing subordination and coordination, parallelism, and modifier placement

Jimmy is annoyed at the video game that he was playing. For one thing, there was not nearly enough interesting characters suspenseful moments or exciting escapes in the game to satisfy him. For another, it was incredibly hard while playing the game to control the cars. It always wanted to veer to the left when he tried to steer to the right. But the ending of the game was worst. By the time he got to the end, the hero had decided to stop chasing rogue spies and therefore marry his girlfriend, a surprise attack resulted in her being kidnapped, and the hero must go on a final mission to save her before the game can be completed. That would of been fine, except it involved tracking the enemy using a helicopter, and Jimmy much to his chagrin never mastered flying the helicopter.

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Jimmy, much to his chagrin, never mastered

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Jimmy, much to his chagrin never mastered

Jimmy much to his chagrin, never mastered

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Flashcards: Recognizing subordination and coordination, parallelism, and modifier placement

Choose the option that best corrects the bolded and underlined section of the text.

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(no change)

Your answer:

Jimmy, much to his chagrin never mastered

Your answer:

Jimmy much to his chagrin, never mastered

Correct answer:

Jimmy, much to his chagrin, never mastered

Explanation:

The phrase "much to his chagrin" contains extra information in the sentence and can be taken out without affecting the sentence's meaning, so it should be set off by commas. Such constructions are called parenthetical phrases.

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