<p>Five years in THE WRITING, her new book IS BOTH A RESPONSE to her critics' mistrust WITH her earlier findings and AN ELABORATION of her original thesis.</p>
<p>explanation please thanks.</p>
<p>(DESPITE) its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette (LOST) 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, (WAS LOSING) (AS MUCH AS) $200,000 a year.</p>
<p>explanation please thanks.</p>
<p>…GUys?</p>
<p>1) e?
2) b?</p>
<p>^ your second one is right but not your first one.</p>
<p>the first one is WITH…for some reason…</p>
<p>care to explain both of them ? thanks</p>
<p>It should be “mistrust of,” not “mistrust with.”</p>
<p>“Of” is different from “with.” “Of” expresses a relationship, which is what you need to do in the first sentence - the critics and her earlier findings.</p>
<p>I guess ‘with’ should be replaced by ‘along with’</p>
<p>i have a doubt in the first one: instead of converting b to ‘was loosing’ and keeping c as it is,
what if i converted c to ‘lost’ and b as it is?</p>
<p>Why is lost incorrect?</p>
<p>The usage is “mistrust of”. See [<a href=“http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/mistrust][/url”>Examples of "Mistrust" in a Sentence | YourDictionary.com][/url</a>] for uses of mistrust in a sentence. That said, it’s not unusual to see “mistrust with” instead. This is subtle enough so that I wonder if the example comes from a real CB exam.</p>
<p>The second question has been asked before. The tense that is required for lose is the “present perfect” and not the simple past. The “losing” started in 1920 and is continuing to this date, so “has lost” is what you want.</p>