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Which of the following is an example of formal, objective syntax?

AThe earth is shaking—I hear screams, crashes. It's awful. Terrible. I'm scared!
BAn earthquake of unprecedented scale struck the island nation of Haiti.
CIt happened just like that! One minute the hotel was there. The next it was gone.
DThe nation itself is shaken, cracked, broken—like the earth on which it was built.

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Minimally, a formal, objective syntax would have the form:

Subject- verb- object.

The option that follows this pattern is option b:

B. An earthquake of unprecedented scale struck the island nation of Haiti.

B is the correct answer.

The other options have unusual syntax, for example phrases composed of only one word such as "Terrible"

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