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In advanced English syntax and stylistic editing, sentence improvement and reordering often require correcting misplaced modifiers, dangling participles, split infinitives, and faulty parallelism to achieve optimal cohesion and coherence. Consider the following four advanced propositions regarding sentence structure and stylistic reordering:I. A dangling modifier occurs when the implied subject of an introductory participial or gerundial phrase does not match the explicit grammatical subject of the main clause (e.g., *'Walking through the archives, a rare manuscript was discovered'*), violating standard structural alignment.II. In a properly structured correlative conjunction construction (e.g., *not only... but also*, *either... or*, *neither... nor*), strict grammatical parallelism requires that the elements immediately following each correlative part must belong to the exact same word class or phrasal category.III. The insertion of an adverb between the particle 'to' and the bare infinitive verb form (forming a split infinitive, such as *'to boldly go'*) is universally recognized across all prescriptive and descriptive registers as a catastrophic syntactic error that instantly renders a sentence ungrammatical in formal academic prose.IV. When reordering sentences within a cohesive paragraph, thematic progression from given information (old information already established in the discourse context) to new information (rheme) ensures optimal information packaging and logical continuity.Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical, syntactic, and stylistic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar and stylistics principles.
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In English syntax and stylistics, propositions I, II, and IV are correct. Proposition I correctly identifies a dangling modifier where the introductory participle's implied subject mismatches the clause subject. Proposition II correctly states that correlative conjunctions require parallel grammatical structures. Proposition IV correctly describes the given-before-new principle of thematic progression in discourse coherence. Proposition III is incorrect because, although traditional prescriptive grammar historically discouraged split infinitives, modern descriptive linguistics and advanced style guides recognize that placing an adverb between 'to' and the infinitive verb is frequently grammatical, natural, and stylistically effective for emphasis or rhythm.
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