Standard English ConventionsHardSubject for an opening modifier about age
Standard English Conventions practice question
Built more than three centuries ago, ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. the mill still grinds flour every Saturday.Correct
- B. flour is still ground at the mill every Saturday.
- C. Saturdays still see the mill grinding flour.
- D. the mill's flour is still ground every Saturday.
Answer: A. the mill still grinds flour every Saturday.
The mill was built three centuries ago, so it must follow the modifier.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. flour is still ground at the mill every Saturday.
- The flour was not built.
- C. Saturdays still see the mill grinding flour.
- Saturdays were not built.
- D. the mill's flour is still ground every Saturday.
- The flour was not built.
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