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<p>1.The Bretons who began emigrating to the United States from the Brittany region of France in the early twentieth century were distinguished from other French citizens by their Celtic origin, (but about 40 percent of those who emigrated spoke) a Celtic language closely related to Welsh.
B- about 40 percent of whom spoke
D- with about 40 percent of those who emigrated speaking</p>

<li><p>Although (they are not) fast runner, wolves (could have maintained) a loping run (for many) miles, running (throughout) the night if necessary.
I know the answer is B but isn’t “throughout the night” also unidiomatic?</p></li>
<li><p>Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (is) the story of a nameless young Black man who (ultimately decides) to forge his own identity (rather than accept) (the one) assigned to him.</p></li>
<li><p>(Of ancient origin), the game of checkers (was played) in Egypt (during the time) of pharaohs and (is mentioned) in the writings of Homer and Plato.</p></li>
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<p>B
could have maintained because its a tense error
no error?
A</p>

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<p>az1698, i thought the same (almost) as you.
For the first one, i put B but its actually D
Second one your right, but have you ever heard the phrase throughout the night? i thought its suppose to be through the night
3. E
4. E</p>

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<p>For 3, don't you need "to accept"?</p>

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<p>and why isn't D wrong in 4?</p>

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<li>look at the nouns... there are so many. Only D is correct because it states which group of people spoke gibberish.</li>
<li>B; wolves can maintain</li>
<li>E, nothing wrong; both verbs are in the infinitive form.</li>
<li>E. If something is mentioned in a writing, it will always be mention, thus you need a present tense verb</li>
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<p>lol cool, i had trouble with 1 , 3 ,and 4 back then. i had same thoughts too,
-to accept- but then i just convinced my self that im wrong
** decides to ** do 2 things.
decides to ---- forge rather accept---
i guess that made sense too
i also remember the last one, that was when i questioned the parallel structure and things, now i kinda know~~</p>

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<p>What if i add a "to" in C? Would the sentence be wrong or still ok?
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (is) the story of a nameless young Black man who (ultimately decides) to forge his own identity (rather than to accept) (the one) assigned to him.</p>

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<p>I think the structure pertains to the "forge" and the "accept". It's "forge rather than accept".</p>

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<p>i dont know, i guess it works too.
decides to forge and to accept. but i guess u cant do this cuz original one is correct too =S</p>

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<p>ahh, I see now. I first one, I didn't read the sentence after choosing the anser, and 4 I thought the first part is awkward.</p>