{"id":133214,"date":"2024-08-22T17:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133214"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:32:18","slug":"the-gist-of-the-saying-went-something-like-this-if-a-person-wants-to-get-ahead-in-life-you-have-to-be-willing-to-work-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/the-gist-of-the-saying-went-something-like-this-if-a-person-wants-to-get-ahead-in-life-you-have-to-be-willing-to-work-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it. Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.<br>Pronoun-antecedent agreement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.<br>Verb tense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.<br>Punctuation of an introductory clause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.<br>Use of a colon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The language convention violated in the sentence is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. Pronoun-antecedent agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A. Pronoun-antecedent agreement:<\/strong> The sentence has an issue with pronoun-antecedent agreement. Specifically, the pronoun &#8220;you&#8221; does not match the singular antecedent \u201ca person.\u201d The sentence should be revised for consistency, such as: \u201cIf a person wants to get ahead in life, they have to be willing to work for it.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B. Verb tense:<\/strong> The verb tenses in the sentence are consistent. There is no violation of verb tense as the actions described are all in the same time frame.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C. Punctuation of an introductory clause:<\/strong> The introductory clause is correctly followed by a comma, so there is no violation of punctuation rules in this instance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D. Use of a colon:<\/strong> The sentence does not use a colon, so this convention is not applicable to the error in the sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the issue in the sentence is related to pronoun-antecedent agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it. Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above? 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