<p>In the early years of the twentieth century, New York debutante [Caresse Crosby refuing to be constrained by corsets and customs: she invented] the first brassiere and sold the design to Warner's for $1500.</p>
<p>(A) same
(B) Caresse Crosby, angrily refusing to be constrained by corsets and customs, invented
(C) Caresse Crosby was refusing to be constrained by corsets and customs because she invented
(D) Caresse Crosby refused to be constrained by corsets and customs: she invented
(E) Caresse Crosby was a debutante who often refused to be constrained by corsets and customs, and she invented</p>
<p>[Nowhere does the character of Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina seem more at peace than on his estate tending the land]. </p>
<p>(A) same
(B) On his estate tending the land, more so than other things, the character of Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina seems more at peace.
(C) More so than doing other things, the character of Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina seems to be more at peace on his estate tending his land.
(D) Nowhere more than tending his land on his estate does the character of Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina seem more at peace.
(E) The character of Levin in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina seems more at peace on his estate thending the land than other things. </p>
<p>I would say D for the first question. although i'm not sure of the use of the : sign for that purpose. A is weird because of the owrding refusing then switching to past tense invented and sold. B has the unnessecary angrily, no where in teh originial sentence does it mention shes angry so its a distortion, althought that'd be my second choice. C sucks. E is wrong because the clauses are inappropriately connected by 'and'. they're two diff ideas so should not use and, but rather new sentence. </p>
<p>for the second quesiton, i would say A. My second choice is E but the 'than other things' is vague and weird. the other choices are too superfluous. can u tell me the answerS?</p>
<p>I think, but am not sure, the first one is B. For one thing, the use of the colon in (D) is wrong; it should be a semicolon. Also, the phrasing of answer choice (B) is appropriate both in phrasing and in keeping the present tense of the verb ("refusing") as expressed originally. The only reason that prevents me from safely asserting (B) as the answer is the injection of the word "angrily," which appears nowhere in the example sentence.</p>
<p>The first one is B -- even though the extra "angrily" is kind of random and unnecessary, it's definitely the best option. It's not D because the colon is not really logical there.</p>
<p>The second one is definitely A, because the setence is fine as it is and all of the other ones are either just plain incorrect or unnecessarily wordy.</p>
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<li><p>B - the most clear, concise, and gramatically correct. It can't be D; that colon has no business being in the sentence. A semicolon, on the other hand, would make the sentence correct.</p></li>
<li><p>A. All the others are just awkward and confusing.</p></li>
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