<p>1) Jocelyn, my friend (since) junior high school, believes she is (more well suited) to a career in the sciences (than to) the business career her parents (have urged her) to pursue.</p>
<p>Is the answer (more well suited) because that is redundant? </p>
<p>2) (Even when) Barbara Jordan put questions (toward) a political nominee, her elegant (diction evoked) in listeners (memories of) her eloquent political speeches. </p>
<p>I guess the answer is (toward) because it should be towards. Can anyone expand on this for me?</p>
<p>Also a couple of more questions. Thanks guys </p>
<p>On many college campuses, the study of film has become as common as that of the novel</p>
<p>A)same
B)like the novel, as common
C)common, as is that of the novel
D)as common as the novel’s study
E)just as the novel’s study is common</p>
<p>I picked choice D but the correct answer is A</p>
<p>Digging at the site, all power was cut off when the backhoe hit an electric cable; fortunately, no one was hurt. </p>
<p>A)Same
B)Digging at the site, and electric able was hit by a backhoe, cutting off all pwer
C)Cutting off all power, the backhoe hit an electric cable digging at the site
D)All power was cut off when the backhoe digging at the site hit an electric cable
E)When digging at the site, an electric able hit by the backhoe cut off all power</p>
<p>for the questions you got wrong:
The answer is A because “that” refers to study. You must compare two like things. In this case, it is correct. If the sentence is correct do not look to correct it. Answers D does not follow the same structure as the beginning of the sentence. Ex. the study of… that of (this is follows the same structure throughout, so it is correct).</p>
<p>^but she is comparing a career to another career so don’t you need to use more well suited? You can’t just say she believes she is well suited in this career than to that career, can you?</p>
<p>The answer you picked (B) has a misplaced modifier and does not flow as well as D. This might be a bad explanation, but D is less confusing and more concise.</p>
<p>I think the redundancy in “more well suited” is the “well” not the "more. "</p>
<p>As for the second one, toward and towards are interchangeable, I think, so that’s not the problem unless the test makers think otherwise. If that’s no tthe issue then it’s probably an idiom issue, but I don’t really understand the sentence.</p>
<p>I think the first is more well suited because of redundancy
I think it might have been toward because of an idiomatic error? But memories of sounds awkward in that situation to me…</p>
<p>Alright thanks everybody, I understand them all now except the one that is (toward). I don’t understand how this is an idiom error. I know it sounds weird but what wouldn’t with the “put” in front of it. How do you put questions to someone? Hopefully someone can expand on this for me.</p>
<p>In the first question, there is no redundancy. “More well” is wrong, and it should be “better,” but it is not redundant. Redundancy implies that something can be removed without loss of meaning, which is not the case. </p>
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“Put” in this case means “propose for consideration.” “Put toward” and “put towards” are wrong because the usage of “towards” has a more physical context (e.g., throwing a rock towards, or in the direction of, someone) than that of “to.” The two words are related, however. The differences between prepositions have nothing to do with idiomatic and unidiomatic uses of words and phrases; don’t associate phrases with prepositions (e.g., “put to”) with idioms. They’re not the same thing.</p>