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<ol>
<li><p>Although he had never played organized sports, whenever justin,who was uncommonly tall, attends a basketball game, fans would ask him for an autograph.
NO error
underlined is
Although
who was
attends
ask him for</p></li>
<li><p>From its modest beginnings as a series of breif vignettes and its establishment as the longest running prime time comedy series on elevision, the simpsons has transformed the way that both audiences and television program view the animated sitcom.
No error
underlines is
from
and(in the first line)
the way of
view</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Played with a soccer ball and peach baskets, the first
basketball game took place in 1891 in Springfield.
Massachusetts, with William Chase scoring the only
point.
(A) took place in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts,
with William Chase scoring the only point
(B) taking place in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts
and William Chase scoring the only point
(C) was held in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891,
William Chase scored the only point
(D) was held in Springfield, Massachusetts and,
scoring the only point, was William Chase
in 1891
(E) was in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts with
the only point that was scored by William Chase</p>

<p>2.
Running outdoors burns about five percent more </p>

<p>calories than if you are running on a treadmill, </p>

<p>in part this is because there is greater wind </p>

<p>resistance outdoors. </p>

<p>(A) if you are running on a treadmill, in part this </p>

<p>is because there is </p>

<p>(B) if you run on a treadmill, in part because of the </p>

<p>(C) when running on a treadmill, in part because </p>

<p>of the </p>

<p>(D) running on a treadmill, which is in part because </p>

<p>of the </p>

<p>(E) running on a treadmill, in part because there is</p>

<p>3.</p>

<p>Despite its dry climate, the ancient city of Petra had abou t 30,000 residents; this astonishing dense population was made possible only by a cleverly designed water supply system. No error ( despite-had about-only by-astonishing)</p>

<p>Elizabeth Ellet is best known for her historical accounts that focus on ordinary lives, especially that of women, rather than on larger political and socioeconomic events. No Error (best known- focus on -that of - rather than)</p>

<ol>
<li>Fireflies ,or lightning bugs, are actually soft-bodied bettles, most of whom producing light in a special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens.
a) of whom poducing
b)of which produce
c) of them produce
d)produce
e) to produce</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li><p>The “had never attended” and the “would ask” require that the verb “attends” be in the past tense. It should be “attended.” My best explanation for this answer is this: “had attended” is in the past perfect tense, which indicates an action completed in the past before the time of another past action. In order for there to be some other past action, you need to use “attended,” not “attends.”</p></li>
<li><p>The error is the “and.” You need to pair “from” with “to,” not “from” with “and.”</p></li>
</ol>

<p>(unnumbered) This question seems to be mostly about the placement of commas. The state name needs to be set off with commas both before and after it. That narrows the choices to A and C. Choice C, however is incorrect, because it creates a comma splice. Played with a soccer ball and peach baskets, the first basketball game took place in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and William Chase scored the only point are both independent clauses; they could both be complete sentences by themselves. They cannot be joined with only a comma. They must be joined with either a semicolon, or a comma and a conjunction, or else be written as two separate sentences.</p>

<p>another #2. Choice E is correct. It creates parallel grammatical structure between the two things being compared, “running outdoors” and “running on a treadmill.” I think it is preferable to D because the phrase “because of the greater wind resistance” in D assumes, by virtue of the use of “the” that “greater wind resistance” has already been mentioned, which it has not been.</p>

<ol>
<li> “Astonishing” should be “astonishingly.” It modifies the word “dense,” which is an adjective. Adverbs modify adjectives, and “astonishingly” is an adverb; “astonishing” is an adjective.</li>
</ol>

<p>(unnumbered) The error is “that of.” The pronoun refers to the word “lives,” which is plural. It should be “those of,” which is also plural, rather than “that of,” which is singular.</p>

<p>(unnumbered) The error is “producing.” “[M]ost of whom producing light in a special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens” is supposed to be a subordinate clause (or dependent clause, or adjective clause–whatever you like to call it). Clauses need subjects and verbs. The subject of this clause is “most,” but the verb should be “produce,” not “producing.”</p>

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<p>From its modest beginnings as a series of breif vignettes and its establishment as the longest running prime time comedy series on television, the simpsons has transformed the way that both audiences and television program view the animated sitcom. No error.</p>

4

<p>and needs to be to</p>

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<p>

Why isn’t the error “who was”? You can’t “used to be tall”.</p>

<p><a href=“unnumbered”>quote</a> The error is “producing.” “[M]ost of whom producing light in a special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens” is supposed to be a subordinate clause (or dependent clause, or adjective clause–whatever you like to call it). Clauses need subjects and verbs. The subject of this clause is “most,” but the verb should be “produce,” not “producing.”

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What’s the correct answer?</p>

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<p>its possible its was like a story and you are telling about someone in the past. Anyway can I say “Whenever dudeofswim, who was hecka smart, posts on CC, his amazingness would go up?” The would go is crucial. It is not underlined so it must be right. and you should channge it too . I could even take out the extra words. </p>

<p><em>Whenever</em> dudeofswim <em>posts</em> on CC his <em>awesomeness</em> would go <em>up</em>???
You’d recognize that as bad right? You’d change posts to posted. </p>

<p>whenever dudeofswim, who was hecka smart, POSTED on CC , his amazingness would go up!</p>

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<ol>
<li>Fireflies, or lightning bugs, are actually soft-bodied bettles, most of whom producing light in a special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens.</li>
</ol>

<p>a) of whom poducing
b) of which produce
c) of them produce
d) produce
e) to produce</p>

<p>What is the difference between (B) and (C)? Does (C) create a comma splice? I would go with (B).</p>

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<p>C does create a comma splice. Here’s why.</p>

<p>“Which” is a relative pronouns; relative pronouns introduce subordinate (or dependent) clauses. “They” and “them” are personal pronouns; they do not introduce subordinate clauses.</p>

<p>In choice C, then, both the first clause and the second are independent clauses. They need to be joined by a semicolon, or a comma and a conjunction, or else written as two separate sentences.</p>

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<p>Also, in all that typing up above I completely left out the whom/which issue. (It already seemed like a lot of typing, you know?) The proper choice for fireflies is “which” rather than “who” or “whom.”</p>

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<p>Anyone have an answer to my question?</p>

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<p>^The three posts above yours answer your question.</p>

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<p>^Thanks, I scrolled down too quickly and missed dudeofswim’s response.</p>