Standard English ConventionsHardModifier attached to the right subject
Standard English Conventions practice question
Built in 1650, ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. the castle is the oldest building in the county.Correct
- B. the county has no older building than the castle.
- C. historians consider the castle the oldest building in the county.
- D. the castle's age makes it the oldest building in the county.
Answer: A. the castle is the oldest building in the county.
The castle was built in 1650, so it must follow the modifier.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the county has no older building than the castle.
- The county was not built in 1650.
- C. historians consider the castle the oldest building in the county.
- Historians were not built in 1650.
- D. the castle's age makes it the oldest building in the county.
- The castle's age was not built in 1650.
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