Standard English ConventionsHardSubject that was built and restored
Standard English Conventions practice question
Built in 1900 and restored twice since, ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. the station still serves four trains a day.Correct
- B. four trains a day still stop at the station.
- C. there are still four trains a day at the station.
- D. the station's four trains a day still run.
Answer: A. the station still serves four trains a day.
The thing built and restored must be the subject after the modifier.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. four trains a day still stop at the station.
- The trains were not built in 1900.
- C. there are still four trains a day at the station.
- There was not built in 1900.
- D. the station's four trains a day still run.
- The trains, not the station, become the subject.
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