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True or false: sentence structureRead the answer and worked solution →Which rule is being applied?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists as a synonym of BRAVERead the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists as a synonym of HONESTRead the answer and worked solution →Which headword does this belong under?Read the answer and worked solution →Choosing the nearest synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Match each headword to a synonym from its entryRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what a synonym isRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the word that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: headword with a synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists under ABANDONRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Positive or negative in tone?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading a synonym entryRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the idea of a synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: pick the best synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Which shade of meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: choosing between near wordsRead the answer and worked solution →More synonym groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the intruderRead the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: sentence structure

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Co-ordinate ideas should take similar grammatical form.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Related words belong close together.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    A summary should switch tense freely.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A run of loose sentences should be avoided.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Emphatic words belong at the end of the sentence.
The structural rules of composition. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Which rule is being applied?

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Items
  1. Item
    Three verbs in the same tense and shape
    Category
    Parallel form
  2. Item
    Matching structure for matching ideas
    Category
    Parallel form
  3. Item
    Moving a modifier next to what it modifies
    Category
    Keep related words together
  4. Item
    Keeping subject and verb close
    Category
    Keep related words together
  5. Item
    Putting the key word last
    Category
    Emphatic position
  6. Item
    Ending on the point you want remembered
    Category
    Emphatic position
Categories
  1. Item
    Parallel form
  2. Item
    Keep related words together
  3. Item
    Emphatic position
Naming the principle behind an edit. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Tap every word Fernald lists as a synonym of BRAVE

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  1. Items
    1. Text
      courageous
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      fearless
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      dauntless
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      intrepid
      Matches the category
      Yes
    5. Text
      timid
      Matches the category
      No
    6. Text
      cautious
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    Listed under BRAVE
From the entry for BRAVE. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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