<p>BB Pg. 166 #5</p>
<p>Early American factories did not so much replace household manufacturing but complement it.</p>
<p>(A) but complement
(B) as complement
(C) but they complemented
(D) and they complemented
(E) as they were to complement</p>
<p>I chose choice (A). Can someone explain to me why it is choice (B)?</p>
<p>I searched earlier threads, but they weren't clear.</p>
<p>The proper form is “so much… as”; memorize this.</p>
<p>Silver are there other forms like that to memorize?
I know of if…were…would…
Any others I need to know?</p>
<p>Yes, there are quite a few. I can’t think clearly enough right now to compile them off the top of my head. You’ll find, in a not-so-concise way though, most of the tough ones here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/782128-post-writing-questions-here.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/782128-post-writing-questions-here.html</a>.</p>
<p>^^ joeblogsfails or silverturtle,</p>
<p>can you please give me a particular example of the “if…were…would”?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help and referring me to the other thread. If so one could make a neat, organized thread I think it would be beneficial to those who struggle with the W Section</p>
<p>“can you please give me a particular example of the ‘if…were…would’?”</p>
<p>It’s not really a special idiom or anything; it’s merely a verb tense (unreal future conditional, to be exact).</p>
<p>The “were” is often omitted in speech, but it is neccesary anytime one is speaking about a hypothetical situation in the future contigent on something (i.e., has a dependent clause with “if”):</p>
<p>If I were to become a pilot, I would have fun.</p>
<p>If he were to send me the email, I would thank him.</p>