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<li>In the wild, pygmy chimpanzees are found only in an inaccessible region south of the Zaire River, [since such is the case, very few are in captivity.]</li>
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<p>B and very few are in captivity because of that
E and so no more than a few are in captivity</p>
<p>Correct Answer: B
What's wrong with E?</p>
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<li>Many changes occurred while she was president of the [college, and they increased its education quality as well as effectiveness.]</li>
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<p>D. college; these changes increased its educational quality and effectiveness
E. college; these changes increased both the educational quality and effectiveness of the college.</p>
<p>Correct is E.
I see it boths ways. "its" isn't necessarily ambiguous, because its can ONLY refer to college; "president" is a she and "changes" would be they
Second, since it MAY be ambiguous, the semi-repetitive answer is better..?</p>
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<li>Watkins believes that the decline [of] the essay [in] the United States today is [largely due] to the decreasing number of [inquiring readers]. [No Error].
The answer is E; No Error.
Why doesn't inquiring have to be inquisitive? isn't that idiomatically wrong?</li>
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<p>okay for ure third question…ummm…i’m not so sure but i dont think ‘inquiring students’ is idiomatically wrong. i mean i have heard people use it that way 
so in that case if u think u should replace inquiring with inquisitive that will be sort of replacing a word with a synonym whereas for such questions u are supposed to correct grammatical errors</p>
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<li>its wordy. </li>
<li>think about it this way, since there’s a semi colon the second part should be able to stand on its own. with the “its” in there it wouldn’t make much sense as a separate sentence.</li>
<li>no it is correct. inquisitive is also correct, but why would you fix what doesnt need to be?</li>
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<p>Wait, but for 2.D the sentence is one sentence so ‘its’ refers clearly to college’s, so why is ‘its’ still vague??</p>
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<p>B cannot possibly be the correct answer. The phrase “because of thta” may be acceptable in spoken English but rarely (perhaps never) in written English. What does “that” refer to? At best something vague. Anyway B is incorrect.</p>
<p>E is correct. Here few is used as a pronoun.</p>
<p>Where were these questions from?</p>
<p>okay thanks i understand the inquisitive thing now
@awesome1114: ohhh. wait so if “its” was in the same sentence, would it be okay? because my argument was exactly what strategicfiasco said. I dont see how it is vague because “its” can ONLY refer to college. president would be “she” and changes would be “those”</p>
<p>@fogcity: oh hm. i dont know, i got this question from someone else’s post that went unanswered LOL and he said B was correct. Maybe he misread his book</p>
<p>these questions are from Sat’s official study guide-blue book, and a couple are from this other guy’s unanswered post, which i think are all from blue book</p>
<p>wait @fogcity: isn’t few a pronoun in BOTH?</p>
<p>is it “all the art IS” or “all the art ARE”</p>