<p>Grammatically, “less” and “lesser” are similar because they are comparaatives, but their meanings are different.</p>
<p>Here is the pertinent definition of “less”: “2. Lower in importance, esteem, or rank: no less a person than the ambassador.”</p>
<p>You may say “the lesser of two evils” or “the lesser-known celebrity.” I don’t think you can say “no lesser than.” It is simply a different type of comparative.</p>
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<p>The text in bold should simply be “hospital care” because the subject of the sentence is “one of the services.” The sentence essentially says “One of the services (whose cost has increased greatly in recent years) is hospital care.”</p>
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<p>The text in bold should be “the thickness of the iceberg depending” because the participle (depending) is the verb of the dependent clause. It is connected to the main clause “An iceberg is produced…” and comes after a comma.</p>
<p>“An iceberg is produced…, the thickness of the iceberg depending on…”
“I ate breakfast quickly, satisfying my hunger quickly.”</p>
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<li>Unlike (her) best friend Margie, (making) the varsity soccer team (as) a freshman, Jill (did not) make the team until her junior year. </li>
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<p>I correctly chose B here, thinking that it should be “who made”, but I don’t know the grammatical explanation. I’d be happy if someone would explain. </p>
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<li>(With one) of the most successful African American businesses in history, the Motown Record Company was founded in 1959 in Detroit by Berry Gordy, Jr.</li>
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<p>C. Being one
D. One
E. As one</p>
<p>I got it right but I don’t know why D is right and B and E are wrong. Can someone give examples in which C and E are used to begin sentences. Thanks.</p>
<p>Flints (found in) the region extending from the Nile Valley (to) the highlands of eastern Iraq (attests to) the presence of people there (as long ago as) one hundred thousand years.</p>
<p>The answer was “attests to”… whats the right preposition for that?</p>
<p>Delgado’s dilemma was (like many other) young writers: he (had to choose) between assured publication in a student magazine (and) (probable rejection by) a popular magazine</p>
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<li><p>The tenses have to agree…“did not” = past tense, but “making” is in the present tense. You correctly fixed the sentence by replacing it with “who made”.</p></li>
<li><p>“Being one” and “As one” are cause/effect “indicators”. As in, whenever you begin a sentence with either of those phrases there has to be an “effect”. In this case, there is no effect, but just general info.</p></li>
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<p>One example would be: Being one of the best teams in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship. —Cause -> Effect</p>
<p>If you eliminate all the “fluff” the sentence looks like this Flints…attests to the presence…</p>
<p>Now you can see that “attests” has to be singular (attest) because Flints is plural.</p>
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<p>So, this sentence is basically comparing a “dilemma” to “other writers”. It should be structured as: like that of many other. In this case, we are now comparing dilemmas to dilemmas and no longer a dilemma to people.</p>
<p>Why can’t you end a sentence with a verb? Your thinking is illogical.</p>
<p>The word “as” compares two things:</p>
<p>“It was not as hot today as it was yesterday.”
“He ran just as fast as I did.”</p>
<p>“Modern discus throwers use much the same technique as ancient Greeks did.”
This can be broken down into two sentences:
“Modern discus throwers use technique X.”
“Ancient Greeks used technique X, too.”</p>
<p>**Do<a href=“present”>/b</a> modern discus throwers use the same technique as Greeks **did<a href=“past”>/b</a>?
Yes, they do.</p>
<p>Modern discus throwers **use<a href=“present”>/b</a> much the same technique as ancient Greeks **did<a href=“past”>/b</a>.</p>
<p>Sorry if this has been answered before but since the words I’m using don’t pop up in search because of ‘too commonly used’ I couldn’t find any answers to my question.</p>
<p>When do you use that as opposed to which?
Also, if it’s ‘students that’ or ‘students who’ is it always who because it’s a person?</p>
<p>“that” restricts the subject or object, meaning it identifies it:</p>
<p>“He hates [products that guarantee things]”</p>
<p>This does not mean that he hates ALL products. He only hates the products that guarantee things.</p>
<p>“He hates [products], which guarantee things”</p>
<p>This means that he hates ALL products, which, as he claims, ALL guarantee things. It is not restrictive. The noun is “products.” The purpose of “which…” is to give information about the subject, not to restrict the subject</p>
<p>That and Which are largely interchangeable, except when describing a person. I don’t think you need to go into those specifics as posted above for the SAT.</p>
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<li><p>That I have little interest in art is not the fault of my parents, (taking) me to art exhibits and galleries from the time I was ten years old.</p></li>
<li><p>Quincy took Dan to Derek’s home for a visit, never imagining that five years would pass before (seeing) Derek again. </p></li>
<li><p>Determined to amke a name for herself as a writier of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until (revising) it several times.</p></li>
<li><p>The Roman poet Virgil is highly esteemed today for his epic poen, The Aenid, yet on his deathbed he himself sought to prevent its publication on the grounds (of not being) sufficiently polished. </p></li>
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<li>I know that the errors are the things in the parenthese, BUT how would you classify the errors? Also, how do you correct #2,3,and 4? and how would you classify those errors?</li>
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<li><p>(taking) should be something like (they have taken)</p></li>
<li><p>(seeing)… (he would see)</p></li>
<li><p>(revising)…(she revises)</p></li>
<li><p>(of not being)…(of it not being)</p></li>
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<p>yep, i would agree with you. BUT what would you call each of those errors if you had to classify them? I am taking all the errors and putting them into catagories ( like S/V agreement, pronoun errors, verb tense errors, etc.) but I can’t think of how to classify those 4 errors? Any clue?</p>
<p>NewAccount is right about one of them (#2).</p>
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<li><p>Ambiguously modifying participial phrase. It should be “who have taken.” (“they have taken” would result in a comma splice.)</p></li>
<li><p>Same as above.</p></li>
<li><p>Ambiguously modifying participial phrase and tense error; should be “until she has revised it.”</p></li>
<li><p>The gerund “being” is not clear; it needs to be modified. Using “it” is also wrong, however; we must use “its.” (Gerunds are nouns and take possessive modifiers.)</p></li>
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