When I posted my comment with a clip from the OED, I didn't go on to answer your question. I would say the sentences vary in the skill with which they use "aware." Sentence 4 is the only one that struck me right off as unexceptionable, and it happens to be the one that conforms to the OED's description in having an adverb modifying "aware." Even though 1 meets this condition as well, with "very" and "more," these are function words rather than content words and so less clearly adverbial. The writer should have worked harder to find an appropriate synonym for "aware." 3 is the least acceptable, and it also is the one with no modifier at all. 2 is almost as good as 1, with the coordinate adjective providing the same support the adverb does. So I'd put 1 clearly under B, 4 definitely under A, 2 probably under A, and 3 under B although it's the weakest example.
Herb
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Hillaker
Sent: 2009-02-20 06:00
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Subject: Re: aware + N
Mike,
I prefer B, if 'alert' is an adequate synonym.
Grace and Peace,
William R. D. Hillaker, M.Div
English
Flint Central High School
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>>> "R. Michael Medley (WW)" <[log in to unmask]> 02/19/09 5:55 PM >>>
Dear Grammarians,
Could you lend me your grammaticality judgment on the following
sentences?
If a student in one of your classes used "aware" as an attributive
modifier of nouns, how would you advise the student? Please use one the
following ratings for each of the sentences below:
A - perfectly acceptable
B - grammatically acceptable but not stylistically optimal
C - not grammatically acceptable
1. He was a very aware person, and he got more aware as he got older.
2. Knowledgeable and aware nurses can participate in institutional
infection control programs.
3. Music, perhaps more than any other art, appealed directly to the
aware
mind, and stirred special emotions in it.
4. Another prerequisite for the success of this comprehensive model is
an
educationally aware administration.
If you could let me know your answers by noon tomorrow (Friday) I would
be
grateful. Thanks, Mike
Mike Medley
Eastern Mennonite University
540-432-4051 [log in to unmask]
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