Ok Let's Talk About Writing "no Errors" Now

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<p>Something about a race and "it was difficult for them and me".</p>

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<p>NO ERROR.(10 char)</p>

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<p>Desperaclo just confirmed: As far as I can see, the error is "because of," because that would modify a verb, whereas "due to" would correctly modify "the hilly terrain," a noun.</p>

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<p>wow after readin all the threads i think i got 600- on writing. <em>sigh</em></p>

<p>i doubt the curve's gonna be easy, the writing curve has always been brutal, even on psat. :(</p>

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<p>verb? what about something like: Because of the storm, we took shelter. According to Gruber "due to" should never start a sentence.</p>

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<p>the one about the hilly terrain should be no error. i know for a fact that you NEVER start a sentence with "Due to". it should be no error.</p>

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<p>Actually, I have no idea anymore. I did some more research and there are so many conflicting opinions regarding "due to."</p>

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<p>Who knows. It's useless to guess at this point.</p>

<p>Anyway, if it's not a clear error, then I would think that it should be E. Most of the errors are very obvious if you know grammar well. Minutia like that usually doesn't show up, especially if it's "controversial."</p>

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<p>I just read somewhere that "Due to" rarely should be used to begin sentences.</p>

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<p>You should rarely begin sentences with because, but that wouldnt make the sentence wrong</p>

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<p>Take a look at this....</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ku.edu/%7Eedit/becausetest.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ku.edu/~edit/becausetest.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.ku.edu/%7Eedit/becausetest3b.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ku.edu/~edit/becausetest3b.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Example 3.</p>

<p>That's pretty interesting. I never knew the actual rule for the two.</p>

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<p>Haha, this wait period is driving us all insane. Well, at least, it's driving me insane.</p>

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<p>I definitely wouldn't say that.</p>

<p>I'm sort of just curious to know what to expect. Also, some of these little rules and things we're finding are actually quite interesting.</p>

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<p>Hyperbole. ;)</p>

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<p>I'm not sure, but I think according to that website, the answer should be "no error"
"But in sentence #2, the pronoun "he" has become the sentence's subject. The verb is now “was defeated.” As reconstructed, “He was defeated” could in fact be a complete sentence. And “due to” has nothing to modify. It's an adjective, remember? It can't very well modify the pronoun “he,” can it?"</p>

<p>"The race was hard for .... "
I think that was a complete sentence, right?</p>

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<p>it was preposterous to say because of only can modify verb...the proposition "of" here is only for noun, gerund, infinitive, and so on...but never should a verb appear behind because of</p>

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<p>...sorry.</p>

<p>I was going by a rule stated on a website [<a href="http://www.uhv.edu/ac/student/writing/grammartip053105.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uhv.edu/ac/student/writing/grammartip053105.htm&lt;/a&gt;], and we all know that the internet isn't always the most reliable source.</p>

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<p>yea....one more clarification, "because of" itself is a preposition, which means that only noun-like stuff could follow it...</p>

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<p>So it seems like "because of" was the correct answer.</p>

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<p>Which is what I put in the first place. Hooray.</p>