need help regarding blue book writing qns...

Test Preparation
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<p>hi can someone kindly enlighten me on the following qns in the blue book practice test #1? </p>

<p>writing (section 7) page 417</p>

<p>qn 28: Quick to take advantage of Melanie Johnson's preoccupation in the history of the Johnson family, the genealogist proposed investigating that history - for a large fee. ("preoccupation in" is wrong... why?)</p>

<p>qn 29: Contrasting with most other fifteenth-century rulers, Portuguese kings could count on the support of the aristocracy in any overseas ventures. ("Contrasting with" is wrong... why?)</p>

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<p>"Preoccupation in" suggests that the preoccupation is part of the history of the Johnson family. "Preoccupation with" is more appropriate.
Q29 looks like a tense agreement problem. "Contrasting" is present tense; "could count" is past tense. "Unlike" would be better than "contrasting with."</p>

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<p>Same answers as vadad.. see this old thread (and search for more threads on these same questions)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=84545%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=84545&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>thanks... amazed that there's an almost identical thread...</p>