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<p>1)How can we correct the sentence:</p>

<p>When the eggs hatch, the young turtles go off to take care of themselves, being that female turtles do not nurture their young</p>

<p>a) add "on the other hand" at the beginning</p>

<p>b) insert " as a result" at the beginning"</p>

<p>c) change the comma to semicolon</p>

<p>d) change "hatch" to "hatched"</p>

<p>e) change "being that"-> "because"</p>

<p>The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma</p>

<p>2) The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than either Europe or Latin America ( the underscore is a wrong phrase)</p>

<p>Can we replace the underscored phrase with "either in Europe or Latin Am" or " in either Europe or Latin Am"?</p>

<p>3) On my preparing for exam, I came up with this sentence:</p>

<p>Spot the error:</p>

<p>Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength. No error</p>

<p>The answer was C ( as the book says) but here is its explanation:</p>

<p>"Does the subordinate clause fit within the context of the sentence? ( A) uses the correct verb tense and the verb agrees w/ subject Kelly. (B) shows the correct feminine sing. pronoun, referring to Kelly (C) shows the correct infi. form of the verb mediate.</p>

<p>So what is the answer?????</p>

<p>4) here is part of a math question I couldn't find out why:</p>

<p>Which is the graph of y= -(x-2)2 (2 outside the bracket means square)?</p>

<p>Graphs drawn below.</p>

<p>And here was the solution:</p>

<p>If f(x) = -x2 , the given equation, y= -(x-2)2, represents f(x-2)</p>

<p>How come they got the last line?</p>

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<h1>1. I use because after commas sometimes. I don't think there is a rule against it. Anyways, that is obviously the right choice.</h1>

<h1>2. "in either Europe or Latin Am" is correct. And you have no underscored phrase there...</h1>

<h1>3. Type it out correctly please. And underline what is needed. I can't understand what you are talking about and I don't think anyone else can either. And strength should be strengths. That's probably a typo on your part. But if you are going to ask us for help correcting sentences, you can't make any typos or it will become confusing for everyone else.</h1>

<h1>4. They teach you that in like algebra 1... If you replace x with x-2 inside the f(x), then you have to replace every other x with x-2 as well.</h1>