<p>feeling that the committee had too hastily decided several important issues, councilman chambers asked for futher consideration to be given to his colleague's proposal.</p>
<p>asked for is wrong, I think it should be "asked that"
In what contextes do you use "asked for" and what do you use for 'asked that"</p>
<p>central to dr. sara lawrence-lightfoot's 1994 book are the lives of six black americans who, during extend conversations with the author ver several years, shared with her their memories, struggles, and dreams.</p>
<p>OK, if you cancle the appositive, it ends up reading...
central to dr. sara lawrence-lightfoot's 1994 book are the lives of six black americans who shared with her their memories, struggles, and dreams.</p>
<p>The "her" cannot be reffered back to any person in this case, since dr. sara lawrence is not mentioned, only her book is mentioned previously...
im confused about the rule for apositives, can the "her" refer to the "author" in the apositive?</p>
<p>1) It should be “asked further consideration to be given.” You only ask for something (a noun) - I asked [my parents] for money.
“Further consideration to be given” is not a noun. Incorrect:
I asked for him to run. Correct:
I asked him to run.</p>
<p>2) Of course “her” can refer to “author.” But if the phrase inside the commas wasn’t there it could still refer to “Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot” because she was still mentioned, I think.</p>
<p>You cannot use the “her” because there is no actual antecedent. dr. sara lawrence-lightfoot’s 1994 book cannot serve as an antecedent to her. It is an object not a person.</p>
<p>Apparent original motivation was to improve student writing, by avoiding awkwardness: In Morrison’s book, she claims that…
or ambiguity: Mary’s mother thinks that she is a genius.
Just Say No: If it’s sometimes inappropriate, it’s always unacceptable.</p>
<p>the answer to the 2nd question is that there is no error in the sentence (e). </p>
<p>This question was in the Oct 20, 2007 PSAT test, which is faily recent.
OK, are you sure from a grammar book that “her” can refer to the “author”, or are you just think so.</p>
<p>for #1: the subject isn’t asking for further consideration. it’s asking for further consideration to be given. this is a motion i.e. “ask you to the dance” or “ask you to go to the dance”</p>
<p>for #2, granted the conclusion of the link’s contents in my previous post is correct and granted the correct answer is “No error,” “her” refers to “author.”</p>
<p>College Board even addressed this selfsame grammatical issue in an interesting story:</p>
<p>‘‘Toni Morrison’s genius enables her to create novels that arise from and express the injustices African Americans have endured.’’</p>
<p>College Board changed the answer from E (No error) to A (“her”) after being corrected by an English teacher and had to throw this question out:</p>