Standard English ConventionsVery hardModifier placement: 'nearly'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The restoration ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. took nearly three years to complete.Correct
- B. nearly took three years to complete.
- C. took three nearly years to complete.
- D. took three years nearly to complete.
Answer: A. took nearly three years to complete.
'Nearly' modifies 'three years', so it sits directly before it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. nearly took three years to complete.
- 'Nearly took' suggests it almost took but didn't.
- C. took three nearly years to complete.
- 'Three nearly years' is not standard order.
- D. took three years nearly to complete.
- 'Years nearly to complete' misplaces the modifier.
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