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<li>Harriet Beecher Stowe was renowned not only in the united States but also in Europe: in Rome she could seldom walk through the streets unrecognized.</li>
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<p>b) Europe; still, in
c) Europe, not even in
d) Europe, in
e) Europe, including in</p>

<p>The answer is A. Can anyone explain why that A is the correct answer and why the other answers are wrong? Specifically, I would like more detail on why B is wrong. Thank you.</p>

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<li>In recent years, the number of women who practice veterinary medicine, a profession once almost exclusively male has rapid increased.</li>
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<p>The answer key says that this question was thrown out due to a printing error. What exactly is the printing error? I know that rapid should be rapidly</p>

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<li>Nineteenth century artist Rosa Bonheur won critical acclaim, particularly for her animal studies, and becoming the first women to receive the Grand cross of the French Legion of Honor.</li>
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<p>The answer is C. Can anyone please explain why that is the answer?</p>

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<li>Feeling that the committee had too hastily decided several important issues, Councilman Chambers asked for further consideration be given to his colleague's proposal.</li>
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<p>The answer is D. What should it be changed to and why is it wrong in its current state?</p>

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<li>Which of the following sentences is best to insert between sentences 1 and 2? </li>
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<p>a) Sometimes people who don't like to read poetry find out that they enjoy listening to it when it is read aloud.
b) The first one I attended was in my own hometown.
c) People from all around the state come to the Downtown Summer Festival.
d) Students, in particular, are attracted to poetry readings.
e) The range of events offered this year at the Downtown Summer Festival was more impressive than ever.</p>

<p>The answer is B. Can anyone explain why B is the correct answer and why the other answers are incorrect. Specifically, I would like more explanation as to why C is wrong. Thank you very much!</p>

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Have you ever been to a poetry slam? I saw the event listed on the schedule on the Downtown Summer Festival, and I decided to go just to satisfy my curiosity. Even before sitting down the decision was to stay only for a few minutes. I have always loved poetry but even good poems can sound dull when people read them aloud in a flat, singsong voice.

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<li>Nineteenth0century artist Rosa Bonheur won critical acclaim, particularly for her animal studies, and becoming the first women to receive the Grand cross of the French Legion of Honor.</li>
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<p>should be “became”</p>

<p>the rest you can google and you will get CC threads with the same questions plus answers.</p>

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<p>1) B is incorrect because “still” is defined as “up to or at a specified time.” </p>

<p>No where in the sentence original does it say or imply that Stowe was only renown up to a certain point in time. By choosing B, you are distorting the original meaning. Subtle? Yes. Incorrect? Yes. Next time, try consulting a dictionary. </p>

<p>2) </p>

<p>3) Use past tense. “Becoming” is the present participle of “become.” The events obviously happened in the past, so the past tense “became” is needed. </p>

<p>4) “asked for” -> “asked that”</p>

<p>5) Ugh, I hate those questions.</p>

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<p>I’ve tried googling at only got one answer to one of my questions. Anybody else?</p>

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<p>^ no</p>

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<li>B is incorrect because the only adverbs you can follow a semicolon with are moreover, therefore, however, and consequently.</li>
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<p>2) The profession cannot have a gender, and rapid needs to be rapidly, so it has two errors.</p>

<p>This is correct. The brackets note my corrections.
In recent years, the number of women who practice veterinary medicine, a profession once almost exclusively male[-dominated/dominated by males] has rapid[ly] increased.</p>

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<p>The sentence wasn’t assigning a gender to profession, it was simply saying that the profession was almost exclusively male.</p>

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<p>A profession can’t be male! It’s male-dominated! Well, that sounds awkward, dominated by males sounds better.</p>

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<p>@sheepgetkilled
A semicolon is for seperating two independent clauses instead of using , co-conjunction</p>

<p>Still is wrong because it is redundant or because Still refers to a opposite expection which is not the case.
Opposite expectation:
Everybody hates Micheal;still, he manages to make everybody laugh.
You expect that because everybody hates Micheal his presence would annoy them , but he makes them laugh instead.</p>

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<p>Here’s something about semicolon usage that’ll make you laugh ;):</p>

<p><a href=“Photo and Video Storage | Photobucket”>Photo and Video Storage | Photobucket; <lol></lol></p>

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<p>^ How do you post links???</p>

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<p>^What, you can’t post links? </p>

<p>I just copy and paste the link …</p>

<p>Here’s the link again - the previous link appears broken …</p>

<p><a href=“http://i338.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/n410/stone_cold_05/lol.png[/url]”>http://i338.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/n410/stone_cold_05/lol.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL</p>

<p>I cant stop laughing</p>

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<p>Awesome guys. Can someone please answer number 5?</p>

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<p>can you send me the answer key?? i have the test but no answer key thanks a lot!!</p>