<p>13.Indicating their desire to extend free enterprise, Canadians elected a member of the progressive conservative party kim campbell, as prime minister in 1993.
a.same
b.canadians election of a member of the PCP as a prime minister was Kim Campbell
c. Kim C. of the PCP was elected Prime minister of Canada
d.the PCP's kim campbell was selected Prime minister of canadians
e. a member of the PCP, Kim, was elected by canadians as prime minister.</p>
<p>I chose D because i thought that the canadian population can't "indicate their desire to extend free enterprise" but then answer is A.... i thought the sentence had to make sense and keeping it that way doesn't... explanations?</p>
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<li>Researchers tend to praise studies that agree with their own conclusions, and it is rare for kindness to be show to contrary theories
a.same
b.conclusions,and kindness being rarely shown
c.conclusions, and they rarely show kindness
d.conclusions, they are rarely kind
e. conclusions, although rarely showing kindness.</li>
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<p>Explanations plox</p>
<p>D is wrong because of illogical modifier, the people had the desire.
C is correct because it is the most parallel.</p>
<p>B is just completely wrong
C makes Kim C the subject who “indicated their desire to extend…”, but it needs to be the citizens who indicate their desire.
D uses “was selected” which is a passive voice and always wrong
E is all wrong</p>
<p>to graciebo, technically, passive voice is not wrong, active voice is just preferred in most instances. For D, it is wrong because of the illogical modifier.</p>
<p>can we get a silverturtle or crazybandit opinion on that??? whether passive voice is always wrong?</p>
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<li><p>A-- Canadians is the only antecedent to “their”</p></li>
<li><p>C-- There needs to be two independent clauses, as signified by (, and), and researchers should be put into the active voice.</p></li>
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<p>Like silverturtle said, the passive voice is not ungrammatical, it’s just not prefered by CB.
Usually the best stylistc uses of the passive voice are to describe scientific events or to include proper syntax with an appositive.</p>
<p>Here are some examples of when the passive voice is used:</p>
<p>A new treatment for cancer was developed last week.</p>
<pre><code> Because the scientists aren’t as important as the actual treatment, they are not included. Here is the active voice for that sentence:
</code></pre>
<p>Scientists developed a new treatment for cancer last week.</p>
<p>Now here is one with an appositive:</p>
<p>Because he wore hot pink pants to school, Jimmy was teased ruthlessly by the other boys.</p>
<p>The passive voice is appropriate here because “Jimmy” is placed right next to his modifier.</p>
<p>ahh i see… so it usually appears only with sciency stuff? but passive voice DOES sometimes appear in the sats?</p>
<p>NspiredOne,</p>
<p>Don’t be misled about the use of the passive being applied usually with the “sciency stuff”. In addition to Silverturtle’s two comments about placing emphasis on the object of the verb and about not knowing the identity of the true subject, a third major use is to convey modesty when the speaker is also the subject. Example: “A great breakthrough was achieved.” as opposed to :“I achieved a great breakthrough.” (You will certainly find this frequently in scientific writing, but it appears generally whenever professionals are writing about their own work for an audience of their peers.)</p>
<p>Sorry, Bro, but your appositive example lacks an appositive. It has an introductory adverb clause telling why he was treated ruthlessly.</p>
<p>My mistake, I meant a modifying phrase. I should have brushed up on my grammar terms first…</p>