<p>1.) Many ancient Eastern rulers favored drinking vessels made of celadon porcelain (because of supposedly revealing the presence of poison) by cracking.</p>
<p>(A) because of supposedly revealing the presence of
poison
(B) for being supposed that it would reveal the
presence of poison
(C) because of being supposed to reveal
poison in it
(D) for it was supposed to reveal that there is poison
(E) because it was supposed to reveal the presence of
poison</p>
<p>Answer: E
My Question: Where is the antecedent of the "it" in choice E? I thought the pronoun was plural, referring back to "vessels."</p>
<p>2.) The famous filmmaker had a tendency of changing his recollections, perhaps out of boredom at having to tell interviewers the same story over and over.</p>
<p>Answer: "of changing" is wrong.
My Question: Why is this incorrect?</p>
<p>3.) The television station has received many complaints about the clothing advertisements, which some viewers condemn to be tasteless.</p>
<p>Answer: "to be" in incorrect.
My Question: Why is this incorrect? I thought "condemn to" is proper.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I think it was referring to the porcelain so it would be singular. </p></li>
<li><p>Not sure, sorry :(</p></li>
<li><p>“to be” should be “as” … It just sounds right but I’m not sure of the rule…</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>“It” refers to “celadon porcelain.”</p></li>
<li><p>It should be “tendency to change,” not “tendency of changing.” These questions are tricky, but the original phrasing should bother your ear enough that you recognize it’s wrong.</p></li>
<li><p>It should be “condemn as tasteless.” “Condemn to” would be proper if the sentence were something like, “The defendant was condemned to prison.”</p></li>
</ol>
either</p>