<p>Ok, from the SAT study guide</p>
<p>Contrasting with<a href="A">/u</a> most other<a href="B">/u</a> fifteenth-century rulers, Portuguese kings could count on<a href="C">/u</a> the support of the aristocracy in any<a href="D">/u</a> overseas ventures. No Error<a href="E">/u</a></p>
<p>So what do you think the answer is?</p>
<p>The correct answer is:</p>
<p>(in the next post)</p>
<p>BUT WHY?!</p>
<p>Answer is</p>
<p>A)</p>
<p>In contrast to</p>
<p>It's an idiom error.</p>
<p>Isn't it "in contrast with"</p>
<p>is there a list of idioms somewhere?</p>
<p>I guessed A just because it sounded like it didn't fit...lol. I couldn't explain why it didn't fit.</p>
<p>Exactly. You can't explain why idiom errors are errors except for the fact that they don't fit. It's just English.</p>
<p>Arg idiom errors. Thank you for all who helped!</p>
<p>Matt, I'm gonna try searching for a list of idioms too... prob not a whole list, but just commonly used verbs and the prepositions that follow.</p>
<p>Like that thing that I can never get straight:</p>
<p>You get mad at
You get mad with</p>
<p>(they are used in different situations)</p>