<p>Thank you guys :D</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter
- Because they painted the scenes of life as ordinary people live it, (rather than) scenes from myths, many american artists differed from early times.
Why is rather then incorrect? - The conservation organization requested that its researchers [refrain from] giving out information [in regards to] the location of the rare holly bushes [for] fear that people [would move] them to private gardens.
B is the answer. How can B be changed in order to be idiomatic? - Elizabeth Bishop’s unpublished manuscripts contain many unfinished drafts; [some she intended] to rewrite, [but others] she [never meant] to publish, [having lay] them aside as mementoes of the past
I correctly chose D since D sounded extremely awkward and somewhat erroneous to me; however i dont understand the sentence structure of the part after semicolon and how can D be corrected.
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Also
Farmers [who grow
] major crops such as corn, rice and wheat,[ aware] that new developments in agriculture production can result in millions of dollars in additional revenue, [switching to] Newer, [more efficient] techno
C is incorrect. According to collegeboard SAT questions of the day, C should be changed to are switching. I really dont understand the sentence structure when C is corrected</p>
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<li><p>Wow, this is so subtle I can’t believe you would ever really get tested on it. I think the problem is “the” in “the scenes of life,” because this implies that “the scenes of life” have already been discussed as something real. THAT means that “rather than” is not contrasting “the scenes of life as ordinary people live it” with “scenes from myths” but only “ordinary people live it” with “scenes from myths.” THAT means you should be able to write this hypothetical sentence: “Because they painted the scenes of life as scenes from myths . . .” and that just sounds dumb.</p></li>
<li><p>“regarding” would be idiomatic in this context</p></li>
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<p>Also. This whole phrase (“aware that new developments in agriculture production can result in millions of dollars in additional revenue”) separates the subject of the main clause from its verb. When you see a thing like that, you can simply remove it to verify the correct verb form. That leaves you with this: “Farmers who grow major crops such as corn, rice and wheat are switching to newer . . .” Now you should be able to see that “are” is required when using the present progressive verb tense.</p>
<p>OK. The semicolon in 3 simply joins independent clauses. Think of everything after the semicolon as a unique sentence, just as if it were a period.</p>
<p>3d is a participial phrase. You are probably accustomed to simpler versions like this: “Having enjoyed the book, Liz recommended it to her friend.” The sentence in 3d is basically the same; it’s just longer, and the parts are in a different order. That’s probably why you think it is awkward. It really isn’t. It’s incorrect because “lay” is not the correct participle; “laid” is. “having laid” is the correct phrase</p>
<p>Wow thank you 
for question 2, i searched the internet and found that in/ with regards to is appropriate to use so is the problem now related to the definition? Not the wrong use of preposition?</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter Wow i just found out that in regardS to is nonstandard and therefore inappropriate to use, while in regard to is usable. This is incredibly subtle</p>
<p>People get confused about “regard(s)” because there are different idioms that mean different things but sound very similar. “With regards” or “with kindest regards” etc. is a common way of ending a letter. “Send so-and-so my regards” means something like “Tell so-and-so I am thinking of her / wish her well / etc.” This is only used when the relationship is not close but you feel socially obliged to say something.</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter today’s college graduates are looking for [careers such as engineering, nurses, and doctors]
A. Same
B. Such careers as engineering, nurses and doctors
I cant see the differences between the two expressions of “such as”</p>
<p>Whoa. Your book says B is correct? The first problem is that you’re correct. There would be a difference only if (1) “careers” in the original sentence were limited in some way, like “professional careers,” and (2) it was followed by a comma. Otherwise, the two are the same. The second problem is that neither sentence works, because only engineering is a career. “Nurses” and “doctors” are people, not careers. Nursing is a career. Medicine is a career.</p>
<p>I hope the rest of the book is better than this question, or that B is not really the correct answer.</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter oh sorry, i wrote out the question before checking the answer. In fact, neither of the two choices is correct; i just thought there was a difference between the two. I have some more questions that i dont quite understand
- In May, [construction began on] a second building that [will be attaching] to the [existing] [one]
The answer is B; i think that if the error here is related to the verb tense, choice A can still be corrected so as to make the tenses parallel - This is a paragraph improvement question: the essay is about the fact that people today use much of shakespeare’s old phrases.
The title of the sixth Star Trek movie, The Undiscovered Country, comes from the “To be or not To be” speech in Hamlet. Even the phrase “household [words” that might partly entitle this essay] comes from Shakespeare’s Henry V
A. Words" that could title, partly, this essay
C. Words" that would partly be a good title for this essay
E. Words,"which could be part of a good title for this essay,
The answer is E; however i cant see what’s wrong with A and C. Moreover, i immediately crossed out E as soon as i see that somewhat “misplaced” comma</p>
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<li><p>The error is in B because buildings don’t attach themselves. They need an agent to do it for them, so the mood of the verb needs to be passive: “will be attached.”</p></li>
<li><p>The convention for printing in the UK sometimes puts commas and periods outside the quotation marks. In the USA, convention puts all periods and commas inside quotation marks, even when logic suggests that they should not go there. So the comma in E is not misplaced in a test designed for Americans.</p></li>
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<p>The difference between E and the others is that E puts the information in a non-restrictive clause. That is to say, “which could be part of a good title for this essay” can be considered extra, or non-essential, information. It tells us about “household words.” It does not tell us which “household words.”</p>
<p>So are A and C incorrect? Or E is just the best to use of the three</p>
<p>For question 1, how can we use simultaneously 2 tenses without any indicator of time, which is, for example, “now” “in the future”</p>