Supreme Guide to Modifiers—Quiz

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Supreme Guide to Modifiers—Quiz

This quiz is designed to help you write like a Supreme Court justice—by letting you practice with sentences from Supreme Court opinions.

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2 points

Failing to make these threshold showings, the Court must find the plaintiff did not establish state action.

Failing to make these threshold showings, the plaintiff did not establish state action and the Court must find accordingly.

Both 1 and 2 are correct and well written.

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2 points

Beginning its journey high in the San Juan Mountains, flowing into Mexico and eventually the Gulf of Mexico, the Rio Grande runs through Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

Beginning its journey high in the San Juan Mountains, the Rio Grande runs through Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas before flowing into Mexico and eventually the Gulf of Mexico.

Both 1 and 2 are correct and well written.

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2 points

Banks with federal charters, called national banks, are subject primarily to federal oversight and regulation.

Banks with federal charters, called national banks, primarily are subject to federal oversight and regulation.

Both 1 and 2 are correct and well written.

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2 points

I agree that the Constitution prohibits Congress from arbitrarily attributing to the taxpayer someone else’s income.

I agree that arbitrarily attributing to the taxpayer someone else’s income is something the Constitution prohibits Congress from doing.

Both 1 and 2 are correct and well written.

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2 points

That derivative is radioactive, so it only can be produced through a “highly technical and complex synthetic route.”

That derivative is radioactive, so it can be produced only through a “highly technical and complex synthetic route.”

Both 1 and 2 are correct and well written.

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