Standard English ConventionsHardCorrect subject for an opening modifier
Standard English Conventions practice question
Founded in 1850 as a school for sailors' orphans, ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. the college now trains engineers from forty countries.Correct
- B. engineers from forty countries now train at the college.
- C. forty countries now send engineers to the college.
- D. the college's engineers now come from forty countries.
Answer: A. the college now trains engineers from forty countries.
The college was founded in 1850, so it must follow the modifier.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. engineers from forty countries now train at the college.
- The engineers were not founded in 1850.
- C. forty countries now send engineers to the college.
- The countries were not founded in 1850.
- D. the college's engineers now come from forty countries.
- The engineers were not founded in 1850.
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