"When they came to our house to visit, although they had never met either of us before, the governor and his wife were nice to my sister and I." This statement:
(Points : 1)
includes an inappropriate use of a comma.
includes a lack of agreement between subject and predicate.
includes a verb in the wrong form.
*** includes an inappropriate combination of modifier and noun.
has a pronoun in the wrong case (in the subjective case instead of the objective).
No, sorry ... incorrect.
Oh, sorry. It's the last one, correct? (me, I)
includes an inappropriate use of a comma.
To determine the correct answer to this question, we need to analyze the given statement. The statement, "When they came to our house to visit, although they had never met either of us before, the governor and his wife were nice to my sister and I," is a complex sentence that describes a visit by the governor and his wife.
The first part of the statement, "When they came to our house to visit," is an introductory subordinate clause and is properly separated by a comma. Therefore, the statement does not include an inappropriate use of a comma.
Next, we need to determine if there is a subject-predicate agreement error. The subject of the sentence is "the governor and his wife," and the predicate is "were nice to my sister and I." In terms of agreement, "the governor and his wife" (plural) agrees with "were" (plural). So, the statement does not include a lack of agreement between the subject and predicate.
Moving on, we need to identify if there is a verb in the wrong form. The verb "were" is the past tense form of the verb "to be," and it correctly matches the subject "the governor and his wife." Hence, the statement does not include a verb in the wrong form.
The fourth option is an inappropriate combination of modifier and noun. In the given statement, all the modifiers and nouns are appropriately combined. There are no errors in this regard.
Lastly, we need to determine if there is a pronoun in the wrong case. The pronoun "I" is used after the preposition "to" in the phrase "to my sister and I." However, in this context, the objective case of the pronoun should be used. Therefore, the correct form to use here would be "to my sister and me." This shows that the statement includes a pronoun in the wrong case.
To summarize, the statement "When they came to our house to visit, although they had never met either of us before, the governor and his wife were nice to my sister and I" includes an inappropriate combination of modifier and noun.