Difficulty with adverbial phrase
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Difficulty with adverbial phrase
correct answer: I ask that you take more care in choosing what you print.
student answer
example #1: I ask in choosing what you print that you take more care.
example #2: I ask that in choosing what you print you take more care.
correct answer: There was something immensely soothing in that process.
student answer
example #1: There was something in that process soothing immensely.
example #2: In that process, there was something soothing immensely.
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Thanks for the answer I'll let the students know!CatInTheHat wrote:In the first example, the student's answer is also correct, with one caveat. The addition of commas after the word "ask" and "print" are needed.
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student answer
example #1: I ask in choosing what you print that you take more care.
example #2: I ask that in choosing what you print you take more care.
===> weird and erroneous sentence structures in my own opinion
correct answer: There was something immensely soothing in that process.
student answer
example #1: There was something in that process soothing immensely.
example #2: In that process, there was something soothing immensely.
===> Example number 1 has an erroneous word orders.
-- 18 Nov 2017, 17:28 --
I ask you to take more care in choosing what to print.
-- 18 Nov 2017, 17:38 --
I told you to take more care in choosing what to print.