October 16 - 4.2: Unit 3 and Pronouns

Question 1

Modus operandi

Answer 1

Literally: ‘method/way of acting/doing’

Today: Someone’s typical behavior or way of acting

Question 2

Dramatis personae

Answer 2

Literally: ‘masks/characters of a drama’
Today: characters of a play

Question 3

Non sequitur

Answer 3

Literally: ‘it does not follow’
Today: A comment that is not logically connected with what came before

Question 4

Deus ex machina

Answer 4

Literally: ‘a god from the machine’
Today: Introduction of an artificial character or event that helps solve a complicated plot in fiction, film, etc

Question 5

Summum bonum

Answer 5

Literally: ‘the highest good’
Today: the same; often used in philosophical discussion concerning a thing good in itself

Question 6

Hypercorrection

Answer 6

The use of an inappropriate pronunciation, grammatical form, or construction resulting usually
from an effort to replace incorrect or seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones.

Question 7

Personal pronouns

Answer 7

Stand in for persons (like I, me, you, his, him, she, hers, etc)

Question 8

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 8

Interrogative means questioning and are words like who, whom, whose, and what

Question 9

When to use who and whom in questions

Answer 9

Who is used for things that are not objects (usually as subjects and with linking verbs like the verb to be)
Whom is used for direct objects of verbs and objects of prepositions

“Who brought lunch?”
“Marta brought lunch.”
“Who is he?”“He is Manveer.”
“Who has the money?”
“Arya has the money.”

“Whom do you like?”
“I like Mary.”
“To whom did you give the book?”
“I gave the book to Julio.”
“With whom did you come?”
“I came with Amna.”