Match the correct type to agreement error to the sentence.
a. Verb tense agreement error
b. Subject/verb agreement error
c. Pronoun agreement error
d. Modifier placement error
e. Parallel structure error
1. A small laceration was on the patient's ear that he received during a fight.
Answer: A. ? (was in the past- he rceived is in the present)
2. If the patient wants to improve movement, they will have to attend physical therapy for several months.
Answer: c. ( they should be he)
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1. Did he receive the ear during a fight?
2. Correct.
Answer #1
d. a modifier placement error
The question must be asked WHO -
Yes, 1 is d.
For the first sentence, the correct answer would be (d) Modifier placement error. The error in the sentence is that the modifier "that he received during a fight" is misplaced. It should be placed immediately after the noun it modifies, which is "patient's ear." So the correct sentence would be: "A small laceration that he received during a fight was on the patient's ear."
For the second sentence, the correct answer is indeed (c) Pronoun agreement error. The error in the sentence is the use of the pronoun "they" as the subject of the sentence, which does not agree with the singular noun "patient." It should be replaced with the singular pronoun "he" to maintain subject-verb agreement. So the correct sentence would be: "If the patient wants to improve movement, he will have to attend physical therapy for several months."
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