The following sentence has been revised in several ways. which of the revisions does not improve the awkward or illogical construction? idiosyncrasies are where a person has peculiar mannerisms and habits. a. idiosyncrasies are when someone has peculiar mannerisms and habits. b. idiosyncrasies are a person's peculiar mannerisms and habits. c. a person's peculiar mannerisms and habits are his idiosyncrasies.

The correct answer is A. Idiosyncrasies are when someone has peculiar mannerisms and habits.

Explanation:

In writing awkward or illogical constructions occur if there are issues on the different parts that are part of a sentence and the connection between those parts. In the case of the sentence, " Idiosyncrasies are where a person has peculiar mannerisms and habits" the word "where" seems to be inappropriate for this context as "where" refers to a place and in this case the author aims at defining the concept of idiosyncrasy. Because fo this, for improving this strange construction it is necessary to omit the word "where" and reorganize the sentence to define the word "Idiosyncrasies".

Considering this, the revision that does not improve the construction is " Idiosyncrasies are when someone has peculiar mannerisms and habits" because even though the word "where" has been omitted, changing it by the word "when" that refers to time does not clarify what idiosyncrasies are, also, it creates a confusing meaning as this sentence suggest idiosyncracies are not habits or mannerism but something that occurs which is not correct.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.