Question

Choose the sentence that has the most traditional syntax.

A. Chewing a ragged nail and checking her watch, she jiggled her leg up and down.

B. Jiggling, her leg moving, checking her watch, she chewed her nail.

C. Checking her watch, her leg jiggling up and down, she chewed a ragged nail.

D. As her leg jiggled up and down, she chewed a ragged nail and checked her watch.

Answer 1

Answer;

D. As her leg jiggled up and down, she chewed a ragged nail and checked her watch.

Explanation;

• Syntax refers to the grammatical structure of sentences. It is the format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences.
• In traditional grammar syntax, a sentence is analyzed as having two parts, a subject and a predicate.
• Syntax in a sentence may be varied to make writing more interesting or to emphasize a particular point.

Answer 2

D. As her leg jiggled up and down, she chewed a ragged nail and checked her watch.

In traditional grammar syntax, a sentence is analyzed as having two parts, a subject and a predicate.