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Don Quixote · 01-22-2008, 06:07 PM

I found the strangest place for a reference to GL. My daughter has been dealing with some severe psychological problems (that, combined with some heavy work loads, explains my relative absence here recently), and we've been trying to find alternative schools for her. Today, we took her to a school for kids with these and other problems. They gave us a booklet of sample questions for a computerized placement assessment. There on P. 15, on "Construction Shift Questions" (where you have to restate a sentence while maintaining its original meaning), question #10:

"In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with Melody and lyrics:
Your new sentence will include
A. Gordon Lightfoot has
B. make Gordon Lightfoot's
C. in Gordon Lightfoot's
D. does Gordon Lightfoot"

I kind of like the original sentence as it is.

You never know...
DQ

01-22-2008, 06:07 PM	#1
Don Quixote Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Springfield, MA 01109 Posts: 309	Very strange GL reference I found the strangest place for a reference to GL. My daughter has been dealing with some severe psychological problems (that, combined with some heavy work loads, explains my relative absence here recently), and we've been trying to find alternative schools for her. Today, we took her to a school for kids with these and other problems. They gave us a booklet of sample questions for a computerized placement assessment. There on P. 15, on "Construction Shift Questions" (where you have to restate a sentence while maintaining its original meaning), question #10: "In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine. Rewrite, beginning with Melody and lyrics: Your new sentence will include A. Gordon Lightfoot has B. make Gordon Lightfoot's C. in Gordon Lightfoot's D. does Gordon Lightfoot" I kind of like the original sentence as it is. You never know... DQ