[HPFGU-OTChatter] WANTED: Grammar Expert

[illyana delorean]

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 06:52  , Cindy C. wrote:

> A major standardized test in the U.S. asked students whether there
> was an error in grammar in the following sentence:
>
> "Toni Morrison's genius enables her to create novels that arise from
> and express the injustices African Americans have endured."
>
> What is the error?
>
>

I've got two guesses.

1. "Toni Morrison's genius enables her to create novels that arise 
from, and express, the injustices African Amercians have endured."
2. "Toni Morrison's genius enables her to create novels that arise from 
and express the injustices endured by African Americans."

And, to the person who said that "arise" and "express" should be 
pluralized because "novels" is plural - that's not how it works. (You 
can't really pluralize those words, anyway, so I am assuming you mean 
to add "s" or "es" to them.)

illyana (what's the answer?!)


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