<p>I have a writing question....</p>
<p>[Still] a (popular) song after fifty years (recording it), <em>the song name</em> is considered the best of (all time) No error</p>
<p>What do you think the answer is? I put no error. This question appeared on November writing portion.</p>
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<p>“recording it” is the error. We don’t know who is doing the recording; “recording it” needs to modify something.</p>
<p>Told you. :P</p>
<p>A writing MC question…</p>
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<li>(Even when) Barbara Jordan put questions (toward) a political nominee, her elegant (diction evoked) in listeners (memories of) her eloquent political speeches. (No Error)</li>
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<p>The answer is (toward), but I don’t understand why. Is this a matter of distinction between toward and towards (and from my understanding, there is no semantic difference) or is it a matter of diction? Or none of the above?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I know that when you make a relationship between to things, certain words can and cannot be used. I think instead of toward, you are supposed to use “to”, considering what I wrote below.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t think “put questions” is right even though it’s not in parentheis because you can’t really put questions to anyone. You can ask questions, but not put them, so it doesn’t really make sense.</p>
<p>I meant to post this in silverturtle’s thread, but thanks for the answer! I think you’re right. And like you said, the question’s wording was strange…</p>
<p>“Put questions to” is not a strange phrase at all, although it may not be familiar to you. Here is the relevant definition of “put”:
Source: [put</a> - definition of put by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.](<a href=“Put]put - definition of put]put by The Free Dictionary”>Put - definition of put by The Free Dictionary)</p>
<p>(“Put . . . toward” isn’t grammatically correct since questions aren’t physical things; “toward” is typically associated with physical contexts–e.g., “I threw the ball toward you.” “To,” on the other hand, is more abstract.)</p>
<p>Thank you! That helped.</p>