{"id":298,"date":"2016-05-19T20:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T20:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=298"},"modified":"2016-10-14T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:21:02","slug":"try-it-other-parts-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/chapter\/try-it-other-parts-of-speech\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Other Parts of Speech","rendered":"Try It: Other Parts of Speech"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Adjectives and Adverbs<\/h2>\r\nRead the following passage. Identify any errors in\u00a0adjective or adverb use. Explain how to fix each error. The sentences have been numbered to aid your comments:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Satyendra Nath Bose (1894\u20131974) was an Indian physicist specializing in mathematical physics. (2) He is most well\u00a0known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose\u2013Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose\u2013Einstein condensate, which both\u00a0took his name. (3) A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,\u00a0India's second most high\u00a0civilian award, in 1954 by the Government of India.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) A self-taught scholar and a polyglot, he had a real\u00a0varied\u00a0range of interests in diverse\u00a0fields including physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music. (5) He served on many research committees in sovereign India.<\/p>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"240654\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"240654\"]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Sentence 2 uses the wrong superlative form. The sentence should read\u00a0\"He is <strong>best<\/strong> known. . . \"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sentence 3 uses the wrong superlative form. The sentence should read \". . .\u00a0India's second <strong>highest<\/strong> civilian award . . .\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In sentence 4, the adjective\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0appears where\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>should be used: \"He had a <strong>really<\/strong> varied range of interests.\"<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAs an aside, look at the adjective\u00a0<em>many<\/em> in sentence 5.\u00a0You may remember from\u00a0our discussion of nouns that non-count nouns, like\u00a0<em>reasearch<\/em> require the adjective\u00a0<em>much<\/em> not\u00a0<em>many<\/em>. So why is\u00a0<em>many<\/em> correct here? Because\u00a0<em>many<\/em> is modifying the noun <i>committees<\/i>\u00a0(a noun that is is also being modified by\u00a0<em>research<\/em>).\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n<h2>Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Articles<\/h2>\r\nRead the following passage. Identify any errors in the use of conjunctions, prepositions, or\u00a0articles.\u00a0Explain how to fix each error. Please note that the quoted letter has been left in its original form; you do not need to critique it. The sentences have been numbered to aid your comments:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1)\u00a0While presenting the\u00a0lecture in\u00a0the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe Bose intended to show his students that the current\u00a0theory was inadequate,\u00a0because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2)\u00a0In the process of describing this discrepancy, Bose for the first time took the position that the Maxwell\u2013Boltzmann distribution would not be true for microscopic particles, where fluctuations due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle will be significant. (3)\u00a0Bose adapted this lecture into an short article called \"Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta\" and sent it to Albert Einstein with\u00a0a following letter:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Respected Sir, I have ventured to send you the accompanying article for your perusal and opinion. I am anxious to know what you think of it.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. I do not know sufficient German to translate the paper. If you think the paper worth publication I shall be grateful if you arrange for its publication in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Physik. Though a complete stranger to you, I do not feel any hesitation in making such a request. Because we are all your pupils though profiting only by your teachings through your writings.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4)\u00a0Einstein, recognizing the importance of the paper, translated it into German himself and had it published in <em>Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Physik<\/em>\u00a0under Bose's name. (5)\u00a0As a result of this recognition Bose was able to work for two years in European X-ray and crystallography laboratories; during this time,\u00a0he worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie\u00a0and Einstein.<\/p>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"455896\"]Show Conjunctions[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"455896\"]\r\n\r\nSentence 1 has three separate ideas in it, two of which have subordinating conjunctions:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>While presenting a lecture in the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Bose intended to show his students that the current theory was inadequate<\/li>\r\n \t<li>because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere should be a comma after the first, but not before the third, which is the opposite of how the sentence currently stands:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>While presenting a lecture in the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe,\u00a0Bose intended to show his students that the current theory was inadequate\u00a0because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn the quoted letter, you may have noticed the sentence \"Because we are all your pupils though profiting only by your teachings through your writings.\"\u00a0As we learned, subordinating conjunctions change an independent clause into a dependent clause. Thus, this clause shouldn't exist on its own\u2014especially in a formal context. However, exceptions are occasionally made in correspondence.\r\n\r\nIn sentence 5 the coordinating conjunction <em>and<\/em> is used twice. The first instance is used correctly: it doesn't need a comma. The second\u00a0<em>and<\/em> needs a comma beforehand. It's joining items in a list, so it needs a\u00a0serial comma.\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"985044\"]Show Prepositions[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"985044\"]\r\n\r\nSentence\u00a01 has two incorrect prepositions:\u00a0<em>in<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>at<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>to<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>with<\/em>:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>While presenting a lecture <strong>at<\/strong>\u00a0the University of Dhaka<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Because it predicted results not in accordance <strong>with\u00a0<\/strong>experimental results.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe prepositional phrase at the beginning of sentence 5 needs a comma afterwards:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>As a result of this recognition,<\/strong> Bose was able to work for two years in European X-ray and crystallography laboratories; during this time, he worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie and Einstein.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"985080\"]Show Articles[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"985080\"]\r\n\r\nIn sentence 1,\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0<em>lecture<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>a lecture<\/em>\u00a0because we\u00a0haven't defined a\u00a0specific lecture yet. Thus the indefinite is needed, not the definite. Since\u00a0<em>lecture<\/em> starts with a consonant sound,\u00a0<em>a<\/em> is needed, not\u00a0<em>an<\/em>.\r\n\r\nIn sentence 3,\u00a0<em>an short article<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>a short article<\/em>. This may have happened because the original draft read\u00a0\"an article,\" but the adjective was added in later. Additionally,\u00a0<em>a following letter<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>the following letter<\/em>\u00a0because the\u00a0sentence is referring to\u00a0a specific letter:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Bose adapted this lecture into <strong>a<\/strong> short article called \u201cPlanck\u2019s Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta\u201d and sent it to Albert Einstein with <strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0following letter:<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]","rendered":"<h2>Adjectives and Adverbs<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following passage. Identify any errors in\u00a0adjective or adverb use. Explain how to fix each error. The sentences have been numbered to aid your comments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Satyendra Nath Bose (1894\u20131974) was an Indian physicist specializing in mathematical physics. (2) He is most well\u00a0known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose\u2013Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose\u2013Einstein condensate, which both\u00a0took his name. (3) A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,\u00a0India&#8217;s second most high\u00a0civilian award, in 1954 by the Government of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) A self-taught scholar and a polyglot, he had a real\u00a0varied\u00a0range of interests in diverse\u00a0fields including physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music. (5) He served on many research committees in sovereign India.<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q240654\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q240654\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sentence 2 uses the wrong superlative form. The sentence should read\u00a0&#8220;He is <strong>best<\/strong> known. . . &#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Sentence 3 uses the wrong superlative form. The sentence should read &#8220;. . .\u00a0India&#8217;s second <strong>highest<\/strong> civilian award . . .&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In sentence 4, the adjective\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0appears where\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>should be used: &#8220;He had a <strong>really<\/strong> varied range of interests.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an aside, look at the adjective\u00a0<em>many<\/em> in sentence 5.\u00a0You may remember from\u00a0our discussion of nouns that non-count nouns, like\u00a0<em>reasearch<\/em> require the adjective\u00a0<em>much<\/em> not\u00a0<em>many<\/em>. So why is\u00a0<em>many<\/em> correct here? Because\u00a0<em>many<\/em> is modifying the noun <i>committees<\/i>\u00a0(a noun that is is also being modified by\u00a0<em>research<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Articles<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following passage. Identify any errors in the use of conjunctions, prepositions, or\u00a0articles.\u00a0Explain how to fix each error. Please note that the quoted letter has been left in its original form; you do not need to critique it. The sentences have been numbered to aid your comments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1)\u00a0While presenting the\u00a0lecture in\u00a0the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe Bose intended to show his students that the current\u00a0theory was inadequate,\u00a0because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2)\u00a0In the process of describing this discrepancy, Bose for the first time took the position that the Maxwell\u2013Boltzmann distribution would not be true for microscopic particles, where fluctuations due to Heisenberg&#8217;s uncertainty principle will be significant. (3)\u00a0Bose adapted this lecture into an short article called &#8220;Planck&#8217;s Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta&#8221; and sent it to Albert Einstein with\u00a0a following letter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Respected Sir, I have ventured to send you the accompanying article for your perusal and opinion. I am anxious to know what you think of it.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. I do not know sufficient German to translate the paper. If you think the paper worth publication I shall be grateful if you arrange for its publication in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Physik. Though a complete stranger to you, I do not feel any hesitation in making such a request. Because we are all your pupils though profiting only by your teachings through your writings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4)\u00a0Einstein, recognizing the importance of the paper, translated it into German himself and had it published in <em>Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Physik<\/em>\u00a0under Bose&#8217;s name. (5)\u00a0As a result of this recognition Bose was able to work for two years in European X-ray and crystallography laboratories; during this time,\u00a0he worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie\u00a0and Einstein.<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q455896\">Show Conjunctions<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q455896\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>Sentence 1 has three separate ideas in it, two of which have subordinating conjunctions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While presenting a lecture in the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe<\/li>\n<li>Bose intended to show his students that the current theory was inadequate<\/li>\n<li>because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There should be a comma after the first, but not before the third, which is the opposite of how the sentence currently stands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While presenting a lecture in the University of Dhaka on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet catastrophe,\u00a0Bose intended to show his students that the current theory was inadequate\u00a0because it predicted results not in accordance to experimental results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the quoted letter, you may have noticed the sentence &#8220;Because we are all your pupils though profiting only by your teachings through your writings.&#8221;\u00a0As we learned, subordinating conjunctions change an independent clause into a dependent clause. Thus, this clause shouldn&#8217;t exist on its own\u2014especially in a formal context. However, exceptions are occasionally made in correspondence.<\/p>\n<p>In sentence 5 the coordinating conjunction <em>and<\/em> is used twice. The first instance is used correctly: it doesn&#8217;t need a comma. The second\u00a0<em>and<\/em> needs a comma beforehand. It&#8217;s joining items in a list, so it needs a\u00a0serial comma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q985044\">Show Prepositions<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q985044\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>Sentence\u00a01 has two incorrect prepositions:\u00a0<em>in<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>at<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>to<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>with<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While presenting a lecture <strong>at<\/strong>\u00a0the University of Dhaka<\/li>\n<li>Because it predicted results not in accordance <strong>with\u00a0<\/strong>experimental results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The prepositional phrase at the beginning of sentence 5 needs a comma afterwards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>As a result of this recognition,<\/strong> Bose was able to work for two years in European X-ray and crystallography laboratories; during this time, he worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie and Einstein.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q985080\">Show Articles<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q985080\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>In sentence 1,\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0<em>lecture<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>a lecture<\/em>\u00a0because we\u00a0haven&#8217;t defined a\u00a0specific lecture yet. Thus the indefinite is needed, not the definite. Since\u00a0<em>lecture<\/em> starts with a consonant sound,\u00a0<em>a<\/em> is needed, not\u00a0<em>an<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In sentence 3,\u00a0<em>an short article<\/em> should be\u00a0<em>a short article<\/em>. This may have happened because the original draft read\u00a0&#8220;an article,&#8221; but the adjective was added in later. 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