10717.An effective advocate to non-violence, Mahatma
A
Gandhi launched several famous hunger strikes
B
to protest British rule of India. No error
C D E
(D) check the preposition “for.” Can you turn to something for inspiration? Absolutely.
Correct Answer: (E)
16.Although she wasn’t happy, Ashley hadn’t cried
A B
but once during the last two weeks. No error
C D E
This Double Negative error is not as easy to catch as some of the others.
(A) “although” is a conjunction that flips the direction of the sentence. Not being happy and not
crying are opposites, so the “although” works. Or think of it without the nots. If someone is
sad, it is typical to cry. Ashley has only cried once, so we have an opposite relationship.
(B) separate the “hadn’t” into “had not.” Ashley had not cried but once. We have a “not” and a
“but,” creating a double negative. The sentence should read: Ashley had cried but once.
(C) is “during” the correct preposition? Make your own sentence: I sleep during the night.
Works for me.
(D) “last” is an adverb modifying the adjective “two” and is therefore correct.
Revised sentence:
had Double Negative
Although she wasn’t happy, Ashley hadn’t cried
A B
but once during the last two weeks. No error
C D E
Correct Answer: (B)
Did your ear catch the Idiom error?
(A) Can you be an advocate to something? NO! You are an advocate of something.
(B) “launched” is a past tense verb. The sentence is set in the past, so it checks fine.
(C) “to protest” is an infinitive so let’s check to see if it should be a gerund (protesting) instead.
Nope. That would indicate that the hunger strikes are protesting and changes the intended
meaning of the sentence.
(D) “of” is a preposition. Make a new phrase: rule of thumb. It works!