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<p>Section 5:</p>

<ol>
<li>Unlike <with many="" animals="">, humans do not swim by instinct.
(A) with many animals
(B) what many animals do
(C) many animals
(D) many animals who do it
(E) many animals do</with></li>
</ol>

<p>I picked E, it's C</p>

<ol>
<li><because> its early history is not fully known, origami, the art of folding objects out of paper without cutting, pasting, or decorating, seems to have developed from the older art of folding cloth.
(A) Because
(B) In that
(C) Since
(D) Although
(E) As</because></li>
</ol>

<p>I picked C. The correct answer is D</p>

<ol>
<li>Babe Ruth is regarded by many <having been=""> the greatest baseball player in history, and he remains arguably the most celebrated figure in North American sports.
(A) having been
(B) that he was
(C) for being
(D) to be
(E) as</having></li>
</ol>

<p>I picked D. It's E</p>

<ol>
<li><in addition="" to=""> <being> a talented pianist and composer, Béla Bartók was a <respected> musicologist <who wrote=""> several books on Hungarian, Slovakian, and Romanian folk music.</who></respected></being></in></li>
</ol>

<p>Why is "In addition to" right? Shouldn't it be "In addition OF"? Well this sentence has no error (E)</p>

<ol>
<li>[When] the Spanish conquistadors reached Peru in 1532, [they encountered] the vast empire of the Incas, [it extended] along the Pacific coast of South America from modern Ecuador to central Chile and [inland across] the Andes. </li>
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<p>Why is [it extended] wrong. How is it NOT modifying Incas?</p>

<p>24 & 25 is in this photograph. For 24 I put E, but the correct answer is C and 25, the correct answer is E (I wrote C). </p>

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<ol>
<li>Venezuela [devotes] a higher percentage [of its budget] to education [than do] other large Latin American countries [such as] Mexico and Brazil. No error</li>
</ol>

<p>I answered C, please of parallelism. Can someone please explain to me why it's parallel?</p>

<p>Also if you guys have the 4th test in the online edition, I don't understand number 31 of section 5. If you guys could answer number 31, it would be great :)</p>

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<ol>
<li><in addition="" to=""> <being> a talented pianist and composer, Béla Bartók was a <respected> musicologist <who wrote=""> several books on Hungarian, Slovakian, and Romanian folk music.</who></respected></being></in></li>
</ol>

<p>Why is “In addition to” right? Shouldn’t it be “In addition OF”? Well this sentence has no error (E)</p>

<p>The standard usage is “in addition to”. It’s equivalent to the preposition “Besides”. Think of it as an “idiom” if that helps. It’s quite common in written English.</p>

<p>I’m not aware of any correct use in English of “in addition of”.</p>

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<ol>
<li>[When] the Spanish conquistadors reached Peru in 1532, [they encountered] the vast empire of the Incas, [it extended] along the Pacific coast of South America from modern Ecuador to central Chile and [inland across] the Andes.</li>
</ol>

<p>Why is [it extended] wrong. How is it NOT modifying Incas?</p>

<p>Look at the phrase:</p>

<p>[it extended] along the Pacific coast of South America from modern Ecuador to central Chile and [inland across] the Andes.</p>

<p>It’s a complete sentence: subject + verb + stuff.</p>

<p>The problem is that in it’s current usage it nneds to be proceeded by a period, and not a comma.</p>

<p>Instead of “it extended” it could be “which extended”</p>

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<p>OH! thank you fogcity (:</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>There’s no cause and effect relationship (which C) has). It’s saying that we don’t know orgami’s origins but that it might have developed from folding.</p></li>
<li><p>Fragment (like fogcity said).</p></li>
<li><p>Verb tense - present tense doesn’t fit the context.</p></li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Unlike <with many="" animals="">, humans do not swim by instinct.
(A) with many animals
(B) what many animals do
(C) many animals
(D) many animals who do it
(E) many animals do</with></li>
</ol>

<p>AND</p>

<ol>
<li>Babe Ruth is regarded by many <having been=""> the greatest baseball player in history, and he remains arguably the most celebrated figure in North American sports.
(A) having been
(B) that he was
(C) for being
(D) to be
(E) as</having></li>
</ol>

<p>These two questions are similar. Questions of this type occur often on the SAT so it’s important to understand why certain choices can be immediately eliminated. With three exceptions, the choices include a redundant and consequently awkward verb form. The “do” verb in (1), and the “to be” verb forms in (9) are unnecessary because the verb is implied. Simple and concise is best unless it leads to ambiguities. There are no ambiguities with “many animals” in (1) or “as” in (9).</p>

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<p>Hey, just wondering, does simple and concise work on most analogies problems?</p>