Question #1
Is the following sentence written correctly? Yes or no?
1. “Hey,” he asked, “who are they?”
2. “No,” she said “that is not painful.”
3. “His mother, he said, “is taking night classes”.
4. “Mother,” he asked. “May I go out”?
1.)no 2.) no 3.) no 4.) yes
Question #2
Does the following sentence have proper pronoun-antecedent agreement? Yes or No?
1. The football team needed to work on his throws.
2. Doctors should encourage their patients to eat healthier.
3. The students cheered when she heard school was ending early.
1.)no 2.) yes 3.) no
Rethink Q1.
You're right for Q2.
#1
"Hey," he asked, "who are they?" this is not written correctly because "who" should be capitalized into "Who"
"No," she said "that is painful." this could be correct, but shouldn't there be a comma after said?
"His mother, he said, "is taking night classes". This is wrong because the it should be: classes." instead of classes". Also "is" should be capitalize into "Is"
"Mother," he asked. "May I go out"? This is wrong because there shouldn't be a period and the question mark should be in the quotations instead of outside.
Question 1 only #2 might be written correctly?
Question #1:
1. “Hey,” he asked, “who are they?” - No, this sentence is not written correctly. The correct format for punctuation would be: "Hey," he asked, "who are they?"
2. “No,” she said “that is not painful.” - No, this sentence is not written correctly. The correct format for punctuation would be: "No," she said, "that is not painful."
3. “His mother, he said, “is taking night classes”. - No, this sentence is not written correctly. The correct format for punctuation would be: "His mother," he said, "is taking night classes."
4. “Mother,” he asked. “May I go out”? - Yes, this sentence is written correctly.
Question #2:
1. The football team needed to work on his throws. - No, this sentence does not have proper pronoun-antecedent agreement. It should be "their throws" instead of "his throws."
2. Doctors should encourage their patients to eat healthier. - Yes, this sentence has proper pronoun-antecedent agreement.
3. The students cheered when she heard school was ending early. - No, this sentence does not have proper pronoun-antecedent agreement. It should be "they" instead of "she."
Question #1
To determine if the sentences are written correctly, we need to check if the punctuation is used appropriately. Let's analyze each sentence:
1. “Hey,” he asked, “who are they?”
- The sentence is not written correctly because the double quotation marks after "Hey" and "who are they?" should be single quotation marks.
- The correct version would be: 'Hey,' he asked, 'who are they?'
2. “No,” she said “that is not painful.”
- The sentence is not written correctly because the comma after "she said" should be a period.
- The correct version would be: "No," she said. "That is not painful."
3. “His mother, he said, “is taking night classes”.
- The sentence is not written correctly because the second pair of quotation marks after "he said" should be single quotation marks.
- The correct version would be: 'His mother,' he said, 'is taking night classes.'
4. “Mother,” he asked. “May I go out”?
- The sentence is written correctly because each question within the dialogue is properly punctuated and enclosed in quotation marks.
The correct answers are:
1.) no
2.) no
3.) no
4.) yes
Question #2
To determine if the sentence has proper pronoun-antecedent agreement, we need to check if the pronouns match their antecedents. Let's analyze each sentence:
1. The football team needed to work on his throws.
- The pronoun "his" does not agree with the antecedent "The football team," which is a collective noun that takes a plural pronoun.
- The correct version would be: The football team needed to work on their throws.
2. Doctors should encourage their patients to eat healthier.
- The pronoun "their" agrees with the antecedent "Doctors."
3. The students cheered when she heard school was ending early.
- The pronoun "she" does not agree with the antecedent "The students," which is plural.
- The correct version would be: The students cheered when they heard school was ending early.
The correct answers are:
1.) no
2.) yes
3.) no