Question

Correct the sentence below:

In some African languages, verbs not only encode the timeframe of an event but also imply the origin of the speaker's knowledge, which may be direct observation, hearsay, or intuition, resulting in speakers of those languages who cannot state facts without an attribution to some source.(A) not only encode the timeframe of an event but also imply the origin of the speaker's knowledge, which may be direct observation, hearsay, or intuition, resulting in speakers of those languages who cannot state facts without an attribution to some source(B) not only encode the timeframe of an event but also the origin of the speaker's knowledge, direct observation, hearsay, or intuition; therefore, speakers of those languages cannot state a fact without some source of attribution(C) encode not only the timeframe of an event but also the origin of the speaker's knowledge, whether direct observation, hearsay, or intuition; as a result, speakers of those languages cannot state facts without attributing them to a source(D) do not encode the timeframe of an event; they also imply the origin of the speaker's knowledgeโwhether direct observation, hearsay, or intuitionโresulting in the inability of those languages' speakers to state facts and not attributions to some source(E) not only encode the timeframe of an event but also imply the origin of the speaker's knowledge, direct observation, hearsay, or intuition; speakers of those languages, therefore, do not state facts without attributing them to sources

Answer 1

(C) encode not only the timeframe of an event but also the origin of the speaker's knowledge, whether direct observation, hearsay, or intuition; as a result, speakers of those languages cannot state facts without attributing them to a source

Step-by-step explanation:

Proofreading the sentence, the correct sentence is ".... encode not only the timeframe of an event but also the origin of the speaker's knowledge, whether direct observations, hearsay, or intuition; as a result, speakers of those languages cannot state facts without attributing them to a source.

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The word "but" is used as a conjunction in the above proofreading to connect the clause "verb encode not only the timeframe of an event" to another clause " also the origin of the speaker's knowledge, whether direct observation, hearsay, or intuition,".

There is a sharp contrast between the two clauses marked with the conjunction "but" is the correct option from the group of answer choices.

Also, use of the word "whether" after " the speaker's knowledge" In the sentence gives more information about the origin of the speaker's knowledge, if the origin of such knowledge is either from a direct observation, hearsay, or an intuition.

The use of the semicolon, use to link the conjunctive adverbial phrase " As a result" indicate a cause-and-effect relationship between the first sentence that explains the uses of verb as both "encoding the timeframe of an event" and also "stating the origin of the speaker's knowledge whether through direct observation, hearsay, or intuition." to the effects which is why " speakers of those languages cannot state facts without attributing them to a source."