Help, difficult writing problem

<p>I got two:</p>

<p>Annual visitors (to) New York City's Central Park (number) (almost) ten times (that of Mount Rushmore). (No Error)</p>

<p>To insist that a poem means whatever (one) (wants it) to mean is often (ignoring) the intention and (even) the words of the poet. (No Error)</p>

<p>Both are level 5 difficulty problem published by Collegeboard. Please help explain the answer to me. Thank You!</p>

<p>For the first one, I believe it should be "those of Mt. Rushmore" as opposed to "that of Mt. Rushmore" Annual visitors is plural, pronoun "that" is singular.</p>

<p>Second one, parallelism error. "To insist" "ignoring" are incompatible. To insist is to ignore.</p>

<p>The first one would be d. I believe. It should be "those to Mount Rushmore" or something along those lines.</p>

<p>thats what i thought too, Thank you deadmonkey34 and Estragon</p>

<p>im guessing for the second one, its "ignorant to"</p>

<p>Do you know the answers, johnsmithcollege?</p>

<p>I would hate to be fooling myself.</p>

<p>yeah for the first one its D and the second its C</p>

<p>It can't be "ignorant to" because "to ignore" and "ignorant are entirely different words. "To ignore" is correct because it keeps to verb tense and the verb itself consistent.</p>

<p>I know the answers but have no explanation.</p>

<p>I see now, thanks deadmonkey34. You must be sick in the writing section.</p>

<p>Hah! Only now that I've studied! I got a 660 in June (8 essay) :(</p>

<p>D.... and C.....</p>

<p>haha, still better than me. Im hoping to get in the 730-40 this this time. Those were the only two that got me.</p>

<h1>1 is the Mount Rushmore one. "that" should be "those" to match the "visitors" in the subject.</h1>

<h1>2 is "ignoring." For purposes of agreement, it should follow the same pattern established by the first verb "To insist." therefore, it would be changed to "to ignore."</h1>

<p>Q.E.D.<br>
I love the writing section so much for its simplicity. Damn those colleges that throw out my 770 haha</p>

<p>d and c? I didn't look at anyone elses...</p>