<p>Two writing questions:</p>
<p>In 1508, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon--the same Ponce de Leon who later would seek the fountain of youth--landed on Puerto Rico accompanied by a small force. No error</p>
<p>The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning far different from that which results as the students listens but does not participate. No error</p>
<p>I think the first one is no error?</p>
<p>The second one is definitely B, (different). It should be differently because it modifies promotes, which is a verb.</p>
<p>Well, the first one, I chose D (accompanied), because it’s unclear as to who or what was accompanied (was Puerto Rico accompanied by a small force, or Ponce de Leon?). With the second one, I agree with you (that was the answer I put). However, the book said the answer was C (as).</p>
<p>^I agree with you</p>
<p>Agree with my answers on both questions?</p>
<p>Sorry, i put the wrong letter (right parenthesis), second one is indeed C.
For the first one, I still think its No error :/</p>
<p>The first one is no error. I don’t see why ‘accompanied’ would be ambiguous. It’s actually very clear who (or what) is being accompanied. If you take out the brackets, “In 1508, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed on Puerto Rico accompanied by a small force.”</p>
<p>The second one, ‘as’ should be changed to ‘when.’</p>
<p>Ok. But for the second question, shouldn’t “different” be “differently”?</p>
<p>^ ‘Different’ is modifying ‘learning’ (a gerund) and not ‘promotes.’ The learning is different, not the promoting. Hope that made sense.</p>
<p>But “different(ly)” is answering the question, “how did it promote?”
And the way the sentence is structured, “learning different” doesn’t make sense. “Different” should come before “learning” if indeed “different” is modifying “learning”</p>
<p>In regard to the first question, it does not make sense to say Puerto Rico was accompanied by a small force. It is logical to say that the explorer went to Puerto Rico accompanied by a small force (he went there with a small group of people). A person would not doubt that “accompanied” modifies “the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon” and not “Puerto Rico” because they have no reason to think otherwise. You have to look at the INTENDED MEANING of the sentence (what makes sense and what doesn’t), not just the grammar.</p>
<p>In regard to the second question, “far different” modifies “learning.” A teacher-student relationship (where the student actively participates) promotes learning that is far different from the learning that results when a student does not participate. The sentence is saying that one type of learning is different from another type of learning.</p>
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When you say something like I am drinking a soda full of sugar, you are saying I am drinking a soda THAT IS full of sugar or I am drinking a soda WHICH IS full of sugar. In this sentence, the phrase “full of sugar” is an adjectival phrase that modifies “soda,” and it comes after it. It’s just that the words “that is” or “which is” are omitted (left out).</p>
<p>Oh ok. I think I understand now.
Thanks :)</p>
<p>^By your logic, does ‘different’ have to come before ‘promotes’ for it to modify ‘promotes’? Where did you get the question “how did it promote?” That’s not what the sentence itself is about; the sentence is about how different types of learning, if you will, results in different things.
“The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning (that is) far different from that which results when the student listens but does not participate.”</p>
<p>I see my mistake now. Thanks.</p>