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<p>The correct form is “no more…than,” not “no more…as.”</p>
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<p>I do not see an error.</p>
<p>As an art collector grows
comfortable identifying
A
ancient and modern works of art,
one
B
will
find that
C
several primary themes
continue to resurface
D
throughout time.
No error.
E</p>
<p>There is clearly an error on B, since that should be he or she, but what about A? Shouldn’t A be an error as well since it should be “comfortable with”?</p>
<p>Ammadsh54, I believe B is the incorrect one. The subject incorrectly switches from “an art collector” to “one”.</p>
<p>I am praciticing using the official test I found online. I think 2008?</p>
<p>Lynn Margulis’s theory that<a href=“A”>/u</a> evolution is a process involving<a href=“B”>/u</a> interdependency rather than competition among organisms differ<a href=“C”>/u</a> dramatically from most biologists.<a href=“D”>/u</a></p>
<p>The answer is D, the most biologists. Should it be “many biologists” instead? If it is many, can someone explain because wouldn’t using many and most have a big difference in the meaning?</p>
<p>Here’s another one.</p>
<p>The Empire State Building, the Sears Tower, the Canadian National Tower - each of these structures<a href=“A”>/u</a> was<a href=“B”>/u</a> the tallest<a href=“C”>/u</a> in the world at the time they were<a href=“D”>/u</a> built.</p>
<p>At first I thought A should have been of those structures. </p>
<p>The answer is D, and should it be “it was” because it talks about the each individual towers being the tallest at their time?</p>
<p>Shouldn’t the answer be C? I think it should be theory…differs. I’m probably wrong.</p>
<p>Here’s how to explain why it’s D:</p>
<p>It should be “from the theories of most biologists” or something similar to that.</p>
<p>It should be “from those of most biologists”: the theory doesn’t differ from biologists, it differs from the theories of most biologists. Hope that helps!</p>
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<p>D, because it should be “at the time each of them were built.”</p>
<p>Ok thank you. </p>
<p>So the biologists one is faulty comparison?</p>
<p>Also I have one more question.</p>
<p>The cost of safely disposing<a href=“A”>/u</a> of toxic chemicals is approximately<a href=“B”>/u</a> five times what<a href=“C”>/u</a> the company paid to purchase it.<a href=“D”>/u</a></p>
<p>Is the answer D because they purchased chemicals and its a plural?</p>
<p>A sounds weird, could you explain that one?</p>
<p>D is the answer. It should be “them”.</p>
<p>A does sound weird. You were probably thinking that it should be disposal. “disposal of” is grammatically correct but “disposing of” also works in this context.</p>
<p>Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>As an art collector grows
comfortable identifying
A
ancient and modern works of art,
one
B
will
find that
C
several primary themes
continue to resurface
D
throughout time.
No error.
E</p>
<p>There is clearly an error on B, since that should be he or she, but what about A? Shouldn’t A be an error as well since it should be “comfortable with”? </p>
<p>Someone replied to this on the page before, but he or she didn’t answer my question at all. I have a concern that this question is faulty and has two errors and was hoping for a reply from silverturtle.</p>
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<p>No, “each” is singular, so “were” is wrong.</p>
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<p>In addition to the illogical comparison, “differ” should be “differs.”</p>
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<p>I do not think that “with” or “at” is necessary.</p>
<p>Would it be safe to assume that, in general, there is not an idiomatic error in an identifying-sentence-error question if there is not already a preposition there? In other words, would there ever be an error relating to a preposition being missing (like how in my question above, I thought that “with” needed to be added in)?</p>
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<p>I am hesitant to generalize, but I do not recall a preposition’s being completely absent.</p>
<p>There are very little idiomatic errors in the writing section. Do not associate prepositions with idioms. Idioms are structures that you have to memorize because they don’t make grammatical sense. Prepositions are words that are clearly defined in meaning and usage in the dictionary.</p>
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<p>This can be solved with reasoning. “Identifying,” and other verbs that end with ing, can be a gerund or a participle.</p>
<p>A gerund acts as a noun:
Structure with a typical noun: “I like apples.”
Structure with a gerund: “I like sleeping.”</p>
<p>A participle acts as an adjective:
Structure with a typical adjective: “He woke up, a bit dazed.”
Structure with a participle: “He woke up, checking his alarm clock hastily.”</p>
<p>“Identifying” is a gerund in the phrase “comfortable with identifying” because it acts as a noun, as does “him” in “comfortable with him”
“Identifying” is a participle in “He grows comfortable identifying…” because it is acting as an adjective, as in the previous example “He woke up, checking…” It basically describes two actions occurring simultaneously (“I ran while eating breakfast because I was late” = “I ran, eating breakfast because I was late”).</p>
<p>“He [verb], [participle]” = “He [did this], [while doing that]” = “He [grows comfortable] [identifying]”</p>
<p>If you were familiar with this thought process (knowing the distinct differences between a gerund and a participle even though they look exactly the same), you would not immediately dismiss problems like this as ones involving “idiomatic errors” and you would easily identify them on the SAT.</p>
<p>The cost of safely disposing (A) of toxic chemicals </p>
<p>^For this, we can take out “safely” because “safely” is an adverb that modifies disposing. It is not vital for it to be in the sentence, and to simplify the sentence to better understand it, you should take it out (same goes for prepositions and such)</p>
<p>thus we get</p>
<p>The cost of disposing (A) of toxic chemicals </p>
<p>^Sounds weird, doesn’t it? But grammatically it is correct. Take the 2 idiomatic phrases “cost of” and “disposing of.” Both are correct; they just sound weird together due to 2 “of”'s. It’s the same syntax as “the cost of eating an apple.”</p>
<p>Thanks crazybandit, that clears things up a little bit.</p>
<p>The dolls in the collection, (all) (more than) two hundred years old, had been (carefully) carved for children (long since) gone. (no error)</p>
<p>Answer is E, but couldn’t “all” be changed to “each”?</p>