NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Lesson 3, Section II, Practice Exercise, Continued
Which of the following most clearly revises the previous example?
Item 5
A.
"The men set up the tent that they took from the truck in the field."
B.
"The men set up in the field the tent that they took from the truck."
C.
"The men in the field set up the tent that they took from the truck."
D.
"The men in the truck set up the tent that they took from the field."
"Those ladies and this-man did not get his lunch," is an example of which of the
Item 6
following?
A, Correct pronoun use because his agrees with the nearest antecedent.
B. Correct pronoun use because the singular noun takes a singular pronoun.
C. Faulty pronoun use because his does not agree with the antecedents.
D. Faulty pronoun use because ladies takes a plural pronoun.
"Swimming is good exercise and is relaxing," is an example of which of the
Item 7
following?
A.
Repeated conjunction.
B.
Faulty parallelism.
C.
Repeated object.
D.
Parallelism.
"The doors had and will be open when you arrive," is an example of which of the
Item 8
following?
A.
Omitted helping verb.
B.
Mixed construction.
C.
Omitted preposition.
D.
Faulty parallelism.
"They were both friendly and helpful to the new arrivals," is an example of which of
Item 9
the following?
A.
Omitted helping verb.
B.
Mixed construction.
C.
Omitted preposition.
D.
Faulty parallelism.
Writing Mechanics and Composition
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