<p>1.) Yoni would have been able to avoid the extremely cold air of the Montana winter morning if he had awoken later.</p>
<p>Answer: No Error
My question: I thought "has" is used with a singular subject, while "have" is used with a plural subject. Clearly, Yoni is a name and is one person. Yet, "Yoni would has been able..." doesn't make sense...can someone explain this rule to me?</p>
<p>2.) Because the tree fungus is so great a danger to local oak trees, it has become the concern of regional botanists to uncover new ways of controlling its growth.</p>
<p>Answer: No Error
My question: My question involves the "it" in the main clause. This word was not underlined in my Kaplan book, so it was not the error, but I do not understand how this word is correct. I read on Kaplan that the pronoun "it" needs to have a clear antecedent. Can someone help me explain how this "It" is correct?</p>
<p>3.) The pizzas from New York Pizza Depot are better than Guido's.
a. are better than Guido's
b. are better than those from Guido's
c. compared to Guido's
d. are better than like Guido's
e. better than those from Guido's</p>
<p>Answer: b
My question: How am I supposed to know that "Guido's" is a name of the restaurant? (Never heard this place before). In comparison rules, something like this is correct: "My dog is better than Jay's," since Jay's = Jay's dog. So that is why I choose A. And since both A and B seem correct, I choose the one that was the more concise. What should I do when I come across questions like this where they put information that other students might not know, such as restaurant names?</p>
<p>4.) In airplanes as in boats, some people experience the feeling of nausea known as, motion sickness.</p>
<p>Answer: No Error
My question: How is the comma after "known as" correct? Should the sentence just read: "known as motion sickness?"</p>
<p>For 1, the sense of the sentence is an improbable event – i.e. something that is unlikely to happen or something hypothetical. The verb tense in this case is the subjunctive. The conjugation of the subjunctive differs from that of the past. See for example: [url=<a href=“Subjunctive | Grammar | EnglishClub”>Subjunctive | Grammar | EnglishClub]Subjunctive[/url</a>]</p>
<p>For 2 I think that the “it” is not ambiguous, and that it clearly refers to the tree fungus. My reasoning is two-fold. First there isn’t any alternative for the antecedent. The only other possible antecedent is “local oak trees”, but then trees would require a plural pronoun. Second the sentence “sounds” right. If I were to simplify it a bit to:</p>
<p>“Because the tree fungus is contagious, it has become the concern of regional botanists to uncover new ways of controlling its growth.” You probably would agree that the “it” in this variant is correct.</p>
<p>This said, I think that Kaplan’s use of questions that demand excessive inspection for absolute correctness defeats their value.</p>
<p>I agree with you that (3) is not a great question. Is the restaurant’s name Guido or Guido’s? That there is such a confusion is unfortunate since the possessive in this question matters. I did a google search on Guido and Guido’s and sure enough there are restaurants with both names.</p>
<p>I would like to add to #1. Would is a modal auxiliary verb. Modal auxiliary verbs are verbs which behave very irregularly in English. Modal auxiliary verbs are usually followed by bare infinitives. (infinitives without to)
Some list of modal auxiliary verbs:
Can, could, may, might, would, will, should, shall, must, etc.</p>
<p>Ex 1. He can swim.
Ex 2. She will be there.</p>
<p>As long as you can hear this… (Most people can), you really don’t have to understand this.</p>