Question

Which of the following sentences uses the word "sway" correctly?

1) Manuel is going to sway that the club start accepting new members.

2) Even though Beth was too shy to talk to Ben, Ben's feelings did not sway.

3) Kristen planned to sway the college she would go to as soon as possible.

4) Because she was able to sway correctly, Eileen passed her driving test.

Answer 1

2. It's defining that his feelings did not sway, or in other words they did not change course.

Answer 2

The sentence that correctly used the word "sway" is sentence 2, "Even though Beth was too shy to talk to Ben, Ben's feelings did not sway.

The word sway has a couple of definitions:

• to move back and forth from side to side
• to control or influence (a person or course of action)

Sentence 1 is almost correct, but should be reworded to correctly use the verb, like seen below:

1. Manuel is going to sway the club to start accepting new members.

The other sentences need a bit of revising if the verb "sway" could be used in them.