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Post-Test 1. Coordination and subordination: Identifying independent and dependent clauses (BI)

Select the correct description for the clause or clauses that appear in boldface in each sentence.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Modern English contains words that are borrowed from many sources.

 
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Question 2.
Because English has so many synonyms, choosing the appropriate word is not easy.

 
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Question 3.
We have an abundance of synonymous words because we have borrowed words from other languages such as French and Latin.

 
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Question 4.
During the Renaissance, there was a heated debate between the Latinists, who favored words derived from Latin, and the Saxonists, who preferred the native Anglo-Saxon words.

 
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Question 5.
Students in writing classes are often told that they should choose the shorter word.

 
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Question 6.
The implication is that they should seek out the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, word.
 
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Question 7.
Better advice, according to William Hazlitt, is the principle that a person should choose "the best word in common use."

 
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Question 8.
Synonymous words rarely have the same meaning because usage has defined differences.

 
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Question 9.
The Old English word "handbook," for example, doesn't have quite the same meaning as the French derivative "manual," which is a synonym.

 
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Question 10.
Although English may seem to be a largely borrowed language, its most frequently repeated words -- the pronouns, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions -- are largely Old English in derivation.

 
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