<p>1:
[Having] little concern for others, [as well as] [a lack of] curiosity about the [unknown], the woman made an ineffectual teacher.</p>
<pre><code> A B C D or E?
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<p>2:
The political [climate of] astable nation can be expected [to change], but [far more gradually] than trends in art or music [do].</p>
<pre><code> A B C D or E?
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<p>thanks.</p>
<p>edit, ALL wrong</p>
<p>but i think the 'do' refers to trends, not art or music. so i think E for the 2nd one.</p>
<p>isnt #1 - C? I mean according to the parallelism thingamajig, shouldn't it be 'lacking' to go along with the 'having' in the phrase ahead of it?</p>
<p>i dont know</p>
<p>I think you are right. Sorry, I didn't read the second sentence correctly...</p>
<p>And after thinking about it, I think your reasoning for the first one is correct as well.</p>
<p>Where do these problems come from? Isn't there an answer key?</p>
<p>comes from kaplans 05 writing workbook - just needed some extra practice so i ended up using this too.</p>
<p>im doubting a little bit that all the given answers in the answer key aren't correct.. or maybe im just stupid.</p>
<p>someone explain why #1 isnt C</p>
<p>I think C is the right choice to pick, since it does parallel with havING, but I am not exactly sure. I would have put "E" as well if I saw it.</p>
<p>what are the answers in the key?</p>
<p>number 1 doesnt nessesarly need to be parallel... the teacher can have a lack of curosity.. im guess in the answer is A, since having and being are almost never the correct answers</p>
<p>for #2, does climate have to agree with trends? other than that it seems correct</p>
<p>i thought A and C</p>
<p>first one is supposed to be lacking. second one should be correct</p>
<p>"since having and being are almost never the correct answers" - im pretty sure that for this reason it is, I kinda forgot what kinda of grammatical term words that begin a sentence and are "-ing" are called, participial? something like that...anyway im pretty sure having works okay here because it is used as an adjective to describe "the woman" and since a lack of, should also follow the parallel trend "lacking..." it is also be used to describe "the woman"</p>
<p>i think 'having' is ok too, but i dont get why its not 'lacking'</p>
<p>why is the answer for the first one E though. or so kaplan says</p>
<p>hmmm..my first notion was "E" as well, but i believe C is a good choice as well. I guess since its more logical to go with the book,you should do so.</p>
<p>C and E</p>
<p>I think I have the kaplan book..I will try to find that question..</p>
<p>I'm not exactly an expert on writing, but I think that the "having" refers to "a lack of curiosity," as well as "little concern." </p>
<p>I don't think parallelism is relevant because the verb "having" applies to both of the nouns, "concern" and "curiosity."</p>
<p>Like this:</p>
<p>[{Having} (little concern for others), -conjunction- (a lack of curiosity about the unknown),] the woman made an ineffectual teacher.</p>
<p>differentiable, I think if what you are saying is true, then there shouldn't use "as well as" as the conjunction in the first place. and there shouldn't be a comma after "little concern for others"</p>