<p>Some more questions:</p>
<p>An increasing number of students are coming to realize that an education at a public university can be as good, if not better, than an elite private college.</p>
<p>(A) as good, if not better, than an elite private college
(B) as good, if not better, as one at an elite private college
(C) as good as, if not better, than an elite private college education
(D) as good an education as, if not better, than one at an elite private college
(E) as good as, if not better than, one at an elite private college</p>
<p>I clicked enter too quickly. I was going to post more. Here are several others, although slightly easier. </p>
<p>Suprisingly absent from the game were the crowd's customary taunting of the opposing players. No error</p>
<p>Although he pitched professionally for 3 decades, Nolan Ryan never lost any velocity on his fastball, and few maintained such control over so many pitches as he. No error</p>
<p>(E) as good as, if not better than, one at an elite private college</p>
<p>Yeah I think it is E as well. For the other two, I think it should be was instead of were and No error for the last one.</p>
<p>actually, suprisingly is spelled wrong; should be surprisingly, ;)
but, assuming its correctly spelled, it should be "was"</p>
<p>Yeah, actually, it was a typo. Sorry about that. I'll edit what I write next time.</p>
<p>Although he pitched professionally for 3 decades, Nolan Ryan never lost any velocity on his fastball, and few maintained such control over so many pitches as he. No error</p>
<p>would has never lost work in this sentence as well?
what about maintain?</p>
<p>Readers of the novice writer's recent book have said that it is at once frustrating because of its chaotic structure but its originality is still a delight.</p>
<p>(a) but its originality is still a delight
(b) although it is delightfully original
(c) and it is delightful in its originality
(d) while being so original as to delight them
(e) and delightful because of its originality</p>
<p>then answer is E. but I don't understand why there should be an "and" when there is a contrast in the sentence.</p>
<p>You use and because of the at once in the sentence. Something is always 'at once one thing ** and ** something else'. Use this simpler sentence as an example: She was both strange looking ** and ** beautiful at the same time. You just have to remember that phrases like at once always go with and.</p>
<p>cmon...you guys should be posting here like crazy! this thread will help a lot!</p>
<p>Try reading PR's Grammar Smart if you are having trouble with the writing MC. I went from never learning any grammar to getting 80 MC subscore (1 wrong/0 omit).</p>
<p>Ok, time to resuscitate this thread. I need all the practice I can get. </p>
<p>Such of his novels as was humorous were successful. </p>
<p>(A) Such of his novels as was humorous were successful.
(B) Such of his novels as were humorous were successful.
(C) His novels such as were humorous were successful.
(D) His novels were successful and humorous.
(E) Novels such as his humorous ones were successful.</p>
<p>I'm "bumping" it with a couple of other problems. </p>
<p>The American standard of living is still higher than most of the other countries of the world. No error.</p>
<p>The reason most Americans don't pay much attention to rising African nationalism is because they really do not know modern Africa. No error.</p>
<p>(D) His novels were successful and humorous. </p>
<p>and</p>
<p>than most > than that of most</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>No Error.</p>
<p>I believe there is an error is the last one. "The reason...is because" is not correct. You can either say "It is because" or "the reason is that."</p>
<p>Flipsta_G,</p>
<p>OH YEA! i forgot...the reason.. is that</p>
<p>It is D, other countries, and because.</p>
<p>cmon everyone join in the fun!</p>
<p>For the first one I posted:
Such of his novels as was humorous were successful. </p>
<p>The answer is actually B. I chose D like you, evanescenteuphoria. The book says, "Choice B is correct. Choice A is incorrect because the plural verb ("were") is necessary. The reason for the plural verb is that the subject "as" acts as a relative pronoun whose antecedent is the plural noun "novels." Choice B is correct. Choice C is awkward. Choice D changes the meaning of the original sentence-so does Choice E." The reason I did not choose B is that I was not familiar with the phrase, "Such of his novels as were...," and so, it sounded awkward and horribly wrong in my ears. Choice D seemed simple and was grammatically correct, so I picked it. However, I should have looked back and realized that D is, in fact, the Joe Bloggs answer. It's the only one that eliminates the "such" from the sentence.</p>
<p>The other two problems are answered correctly. We must have parallelism so we add the pronoun "that" to second part of the sentence. Choice D in the other one is also correct. "The reason...is that...," not the reason is because.</p>