Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

Idiom & Usage 127
3. The bitter cold the Midwest is experiencing is potentially life threatening to
stranded motorists unless well-insulated with protective clothing.
(A) stranded motorists unless insulated
(B) stranded motorists unless being insulated
(C) stranded motorists unless they are insulated
(D) stranded motorists unless there is insulation
(E) the stranded motorist unless insulated
4. Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, in 1945
Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
(A) Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest, in
1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
(B) Traveling across and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest,
Ansel Adams began his photographic career in 1945.
(C) Having traveled across and shooting the vast expanse of the
Southwest, in 1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
(D) Ansel Adams, in 1945 began his photographic career, traveling across
and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest.
(E) In 1945, Ansel Adams began his photographic career, traveling across
and shooting the vast expanse of the Southwest.
FAULTY PARALLELISM
• For a sentence to be parallel, similar elements must be expressed
in similar form.
• When two adjectives modify the same noun, they should have
similar forms.
Example:
The topology course was both rigorous and a
challenge.
Since both rigorous and a challenge are modifying course, they
should have the same form:
The topology course was both rigorous and
challenging.