<p>1) Please choose a sentence which sounds more like Standard Written English.
A. "But can parrots really communicate through language the way humans can?"
B. "But can parrots really communicate through language as a human?"</p>
<p>Are either of the sentences contains Grammar errors? Or just which sounds better? Any rules had to follow?</p>
<p>2) It is from a passage talking about a parrot has the ability to speak human language.
Please help me choose a better sentence. (Alex is the parrot's name)
A. Likewise, every time he was shown a green wooden square and asked "What color?" and "What shape" Alex answered each question correctly.
B. When shown a green wooden square, for instance, and asked "What color?" and "What shape" Alex answered each question correctly.</p>
<p>Answer A to the 1st question seems to be the correct one to me as the “way” in which the communication occurs is the subject of analysis and ITS resemblance to the WAY humans communicate.
As for the 2nd question, both seem to be grammatically correct but I would argue that the first choice would be more suitable in a passage due to the presence of ‘Likewise’</p>
<p>Please correct me if I’m wrong with any of my answers…</p>
<p>I agree with YBN1996. For #1, A just sounds better (I’m not sure about the exact rule). In #2 both choices seem okay, but A sounds better to me. One more thing to take into account is the writing style of the author in the rest of the passage.</p>
<p>For number 1, I think the answer is A. I’m not sure if my reasoning behind it is correct, but I think that it’s better to compare a plural noun (parrots) with a plural noun (humans) rather than a plural noun (parrots) with a singular noun (a human). But again, I’m not totally sure about this rule. But beyond that, choice A sounds more natural and just better. I have no idea for number 2, though.</p>
<p>I’m assuming that these are Improving Paragraph questions.</p>
<p>The first answer should be A. Another poster should have answered this for you, so I won’t explain.</p>
<p>The second question has less to do with grammar, and more to do with flow and logic. I cannot answer the question, because context is missing.</p>
<p>But here are some of my thoughts</p>
<p>The first answer begins with “Likewise” In most cases, this means that the sentence previous or near to the previous should relate. If there is no relation, the “Likewise” is misused and therefore incorrect.</p>
<p>EG: My cat does not like cake. Likewise, my dog hates cake. </p>
<p>The second answer uses “for instance”. In most cases, the author is trying to give an explanation, or shed light upon the previous (or close to previous) sentence. </p>
<p>EG: </p>
<p>My cat hates cake. There was one time, for instance, that my cat jumped on my birthday cake.</p>