English Paper
Eng 1100
Paper 1
Marie Kristine Øby Krosvik
Question 1
1) The West cannot afford a more direct conflict with Saudi Arabia at the moment.
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The West cannot afford a more direct conflict with Saudi Arabia at the moment.
2) Why did you find him so arrogant?
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Why did you find him so arrogant?
Question 2
"We must protect the right [to be left alone]!" For many this phrase, [made famous by LB], captures the essence of a notoriously slippery but crucial concept. [Drawing the boundaries of privacy] has always been tricky. Most people [have long accepted] the need [to give] the authorities some information about themselves [to make] [voting], [banking], [shopping] etc possible.
[To be left alone] is the post-modifier of the right'. Right' is the head of the noun phrase [the right to be left alone], which works as the object in the sentence.
[Made famous by LB] functions as the post-modifier of the head of the noun phrase, phrase'.
[Drawing the boundaries of privacy] is a verb phrase, which functions as the subject in the sentence.
[Have long accepted] is the verbal of the sentence. (long' is adverbial)
[To give] is part of the post-modifier of the need'.
[To make] is part of the adverbial in the sentence, along with [voting], [banking], [shopping].
Question 3
a) In this paragraph there is a set of sentences which in a sense do not hang together.
I chose to use [do not] because the verb refers to the sentences; (a set of) sentences which in a sense do not hang together. The antecedents of which is sentences', and sentences' is in the...
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