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<li>Brand-name prescription drugs are OFTEN MORE familiar TO CONSUMERS than generic drugs, but the latter are NOT NEARLY as expensive THAN brand-name drugs. NO ERROR</li>
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<p>Am I missing something with "THAN" because that is the error..</p>
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<li>BECAUSE THEY painted scenes of lie as ordinary people LIVED IT (B), RATHER THAN (C) scenes from myths, many nineteenth century American artists differed FROM EARLIER TIMES. NO ERROR</li>
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<p>Answer here is FROM EARLIER TIMES.</p>
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<li>Available through the school's guidance office IS a job directory and a list of job referral centers THAT PROVIDE (B) INFORMATION FOR (C) students IN NEED OF employment. NO ERROR</li>
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<p>Answer is (A) "IS"... can someone explain?</p>
<p>I'm pretty happy I only got 5 wrong on the I.D sentence errors, luckily the 1st 2 I asked are catagorized as easy...</p>
<p>yea the first one should be “…not nearly AS expensive AS…”</p>
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<li><p>artists cannot differ from earlier times; they can only differ from artists of earlier times. I think the topic is parallelism in comparison or whatever the hell the grammaticians call it.</p></li>
<li><p>Both a job directory AND a list of job referral centers ARE available through the office. Two things are available, as indicated by the conjunction “and,” creating a compound subject that must take a plural verb, even though the verb comes before the noun in this one.</p></li>
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<p>I don’t see how the first two questions’ being categorized as easy helps in comforting you, but generally, that’s the attitude! Never let a bunch of silly grammar questions upset you!</p>
<p>^^ thanks a bunch… do you know what the 1st question is testing me on?</p>
<p>I would think idiomatic usage; “as” when used in a comparison must involve another “as” after it.</p>
<p>he may not be as quick as john</p>
<p>john may not be as smart as steve</p>
<p>steve’s job (heh) may not be as lucrative as john’s</p>
<p>john’s car may not be as expensive as steve’s (no kidding)</p>
<p>and so on</p>