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Indian Navy SSR (Sailor) Grammar — practice questions — page 2

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Rule of usage, or principle of composition?

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Items
  1. Item
    Form the possessive singular with 's
    Category
    Rule of usage
  2. Item
    Enclose parenthetic expressions in commas
    Category
    Rule of usage
  3. Item
    Do not join independent clauses by a comma
    Category
    Rule of usage
  4. Item
    Use the active voice
    Category
    Principle of composition
  5. Item
    Omit needless words
    Category
    Principle of composition
  6. Item
    Make the paragraph the unit of composition
    Category
    Principle of composition
Categories
  1. Item
    Rule of usage
  2. Item
    Principle of composition
Strunk separates the two, and so do exam questions. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Flip and pair: rule with its point

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    Active voice
    B
    let the subject act
  2. A
    Positive form
    B
    say what is, not what is not
  3. A
    Omit needless words
    B
    every word must earn its place
  4. A
    Topic sentence
    B
    opens the paragraph
  5. A
    Parallel form
    B
    co-ordinate ideas look alike
  6. A
    Emphatic position
    B
    the end of the sentence
Six of the rules, in short form. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Spot the one that does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Use the active voice
    2. Use long sentences
    3. Omit needless words
    Odd item
    Use long sentences
  2. Items
    1. Possessive singular
    2. Parenthetic commas
    3. Topic sentence
    Odd item
    Topic sentence
  3. Items
    1. Vary the tense freely in summaries
    2. Keep related words together
    3. Express co-ordinate ideas alike
    Odd item
    Vary the tense freely in summaries
One item in each group is not one of the rules. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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