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<p>That is completely wrong. Parallelism is irrelevant. We know “playing” and “chasing” are adjectives because a noun, NOT a clause, follows “with.”</p>
<p>“I came to school with a backpack that has a lot of stuff in it.”
“I came to school with a huge backpack.”
“I came to school with a backpack having a lot of stuff.”</p>
<p>“backpack” is the only thing connected to the preposition “with.” Anything else describes the noun. It cannot extend to an entire clause.</p>
<p>“playing” and other participial forms only have tense when they are being used as a verb: “I am playing (present).” If it is used to describe a noun, it is being used as an adjective and has no tense: “The sleeping man woke up early.” The man obviously isn’t sleeping in the present.</p>
<p>Since adjectives modify nouns, they cannot have tense because nouns don’t have tense.</p>
<p>great explanation! Thanks! I just thought with out the “too” it wasn’t correct.</p>
<p>Sorry, this is a really general question. It’s one of those rules I know pretty well intuitively, but I’m very unsure about grammatically.</p>
<p>What is the usage of “more,” and when is it incorrect?</p>
<p>I know vaguely that it compares two things. But I’m not very clear on when it’s appropriate and when it’s not…</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>^ It might help if you could share some usages of “more” that you are uncertain about.</p>
<p>Hmm, I’ll try my best. This was just a general concern that arose today because I have the SAT saturday.</p>
<p>This is more better than that. -> I know this is wrong because it’s a double comparison I believe. However…</p>
<p>He is more well - suited than she is. -> is this wrong?
He is better suited than she is -> correct?</p>
<p>I am more adapted to the climate ->
I am better adapted to the climate -> </p>
<p>Hmm, that’s all I can really think of right now. Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>1) Controversy still (continues over) (A) the accomplishments of William Shakespeare, with (some ) (B) scholars attributing the famous Elizethans plays to a middle-class actor and others (attribute) (C) (them) (D) to a highborn earl. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: E, but I chose C</p>
<p>2) Because Roberto ants (to help preserve) marine life, he intends( on declaring) marine biology (as) his major when he (begins college) next fall. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: B, Why?</p>
<p>3) (When looking) at modern photographs of that area of Indonesian the effects of the 1183 (eruption of) the volcano Krakatau( are) (still evident). No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: A, Why?</p>
<p>4) The supervisory committee (has belatedly) (A) (recommended to) (B)( its) (C)superiors that the barracks are (in need badly of) (D) constant surveillance. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: D, Why?</p>
<p>5) (In dating) unknown works of art, scholars (become) detectives, (following down) clues and working out theories that fit the (available facts). No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: C, Why?</p>
<p>6) (The Comstock Lode, a rich silver and gold deposit, as discovered by the Grosch brothers, but it was named) after a grocer.</p>
<p>I chose</p>
<p>(The Comstock Lode, a rich silver and gold deposit, as discovered by the Grosch brothers, but it had been named ) after a grocer.</p>
<p>But the answer is the original version.</p>
<p>7) (Belying) his harsh words, the social workers tone of voice(implicated) that he (was not) (unmoved by) the prisoners plight. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: B, Why?</p>
<p>8) (Even if) we agree that Shakespeare (possessed) uncommon powers of characterization, we (need not) bind ourselves (from) inconsistencies in Hamlets behavior. No Error. </p>
<p>Ans: D, Why?</p>
<p>9) (Widely differing) characteristics can (be observed) in children (born to) same parents and raised (underneath) similar conditions. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: D, Why?</p>
<p>10) Although none of the students (had heard of) (A) it before, the theory (to which ) (B) the physics lecturer (inferred) (C) is (one commonly accepted) (D) by eminent scholars. No Error.</p>
<p>Ans: C, Why?</p>
<p>11) Strolling on the wooden walkway above the swamp,( right beneath them an alligator surfaced).</p>
<p>I chose it as leave it alone.</p>
<p>But the answer is:</p>
<p>(they saw an alligator surface right beneath them)</p>
<p>12) American political tradition allows an idea, no matter what its age, (to be proclaimed as new when unearthed) and proposed by a new office-seeker under new circumstances.</p>
<p>The answer is: Leave it alone</p>
<p>I chose: (to be unearthed as new when proclaimed).</p>
<p>1) Are you sure about the answer?</p>
<p>2) “intend” takes an infinitive complement.</p>
<p>3) “looking” needs to modify a noun.</p>
<p>4) It should be, “badly in need of.”</p>
<p>5) “following down” is improper diction. One could, however, say, “hunting down.”</p>
<p>6) Neither of those looks correct: the coordinating conjunction “but” requires an original independent clause to link to.</p>
<p>7) Diction error. A more semantically appropriate word would be “indicated.”</p>
<p>8) The preposition does not logically agree.</p>
<p>9) Diction error. “underneath,” in this context, would imply a physical, spatial relationship, whereas the sentence intends to mean the conceptual “under.”</p>
<p>10) Diction error; logically, one cannot infer to anything. </p>
<p>11) “strolling” needs to modify a noun.</p>
<p>12) Your alternative is illogical.</p>
<p>I looked at previous explanations for this question but was not content with them. Plus, I have a specific question about this.</p>
<p>1.Quincy took Dan to Derek’s home (for a visit), (never imagining) that five years (would pass) before (seeing) Derek again. </p>
<p>I eliminated A,B, and E. I was left with C and D. I picked C, thinking that it should be “would have passed”. Because Quincy already took Dan, Dan already saw Derek. If he didn’t see him yet, I can kind of see why D is correct. “he would see” would then kind of make sense to me. Can someone elaborate? </p>
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<li>The feelings attached to the word “king” (varies widely with) the history and political traditions of the people who use it. </li>
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<p>C. vary widely with
D. vary widely as
E. vary widely to</p>
<p>I picked E. Sadly, it’s C. Why is it C?</p>
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<li>With the Louisiana Purchase, the US acquired a (larger territory in area than if you combined Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal).</li>
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<p>A. larger territory in area than if you combined Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal
B. larger territory in area than combining Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.
C. territory larger in area than if Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal were combined.
D. territory larger in area than Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined.
E. territory larger than if the area of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined. </p>
<p>Can someone tell me the wrongs with the wrong answer choices. I correctly chose D but only because it sounded right. I didn’t apply any logic that crazybandit taught me. I need to know why C is especially wrong and D right. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>1) “would” is the past tense of “will.” The whole sentence, besides the “never imagining” part, is in the past tense.</p>
<p>If we were in the past, we would hear Quincy say: “Five years will not pass…”
This means: “Five years are not going to pass…”</p>
<p>Since we are in the present, he speaks in the past tense: “I never thought five years would pass.”
This means: “I never thought five years was going to pass.”</p>
<p>The sentence is using the same structure as: “I said I would come, but I didn’t.” It translates into “I said I was going to come, but I didn’t” (bold verbs in past tense).</p>
<p>These types of problems are hard to explain, so sorry if my explanation was not good.</p>
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<p>2) To vary is to be different. Two things are different (from one another). Two things vary. Think of VARY as just another verb. Since two things vary, they share a common verb and therefore you say one varies with the other. Similarly, if two people, X and Y, did an activity together, then X did something WITH y.</p>
<p>If you want a technical definition, here is one from from Dictionary.com:</p>
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<p>Read the example given in the definition. As the season changes, demand changes. They both do things in parallel with each other, so they change WITH one another.</p>
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<p>3) I am going to tell you what the phrases/clauses after “than” mean in each of the answer choices.</p>
<p>(A) “…than if you combined Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.”</p>
<p>This refers to a condition/event.</p>
<p>(B) “…than combining Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.”</p>
<p>This refers to an action.</p>
<p>(C) “…than if Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal were combined.”</p>
<p>Same problem as (A). It is certainly an improvement upon (A), but that is irrelevant because it still refers to a condition. “If” isn’t even a noun–it’s a conjunction. A condition is: “If X, then Y.” The finished product Y is the land itself, which is what the sentence wants to refer to. The condition “if X” is illogical and only refers to a situation.</p>
<p>(D) “…than Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined.”</p>
<p>You are comparing two territories.</p>
<p>(E) “…than if the area of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined.”</p>
<p>Same problem as (A) and (C).</p>
<p>“I am better than you.” = “I am better than you are.”
“X is larger than Y.” = “X is larger than Y is.”
“a territory [that is] larger than 10 countries combined.”</p>
<p>You are directly comparing two things. One may be tempted to say “I am better than if you improved,” but it should be “I am better than you would be if you improved.” You have to compare things logically (“I [am]” to “you [would be]”).</p>
<p>Reposting this, don’t know if you guys saw it. Would just like some clarification on what’s right/wrong and why. (Usage of more) I know the uses intuitively, but I don’t know the grammar behind it.</p>
<p>This is more better than that. -> I know this is wrong because it’s a double comparison I believe. However…</p>
<p>He is more well - suited than she is. -> is this wrong?
He is better suited than she is -> correct?</p>
<p>I am more adapted to the climate ->
I am better adapted to the climate -></p>
<p>Hmm, that’s all I can really think of right now. Thanks for any help.</p>
<ol>
<li>(Like many) people, Joe believes that parents can foster musical ability in small children (out of) (playing) classical music for them while (they are) infants. </li>
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<p>I correctly chose B, but isn’t D wrong also. “they” can refer back to children or parents.</p>
<p>2.Brazil is not only the (most populous) of the twelve South American countries (but) also (the largest) (in area).</p>
<p>I chose D because i thought that it was wordy. Brazil is the largest. We don’t need “in area”. The answer is E. Why isn’t D wrong?</p>
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<li>The development of telescopes of greater power and resolution (has given) astronomers hope that glimpses of distant solar system bodies even (smaller than) Pluto (will soon) (be possible).</li>
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<p>I picked D again. “Be possible” doesn’t make sense. “be possible to be seen” would make sense. If the sentence started “With the development…” i would understand why the answer is E. </p>
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<li>The Mayan Riviera, which (extends down) the eastern coast of Mexico, (has may hidden) caves, one (of which) is larger (than the size of) Monaca. </li>
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<p>I correctly chose D because i thought it was redundant and unnecessarily wordy. “is larger than Monaca” is enough. Then wouldn’t this question’s answer being D make the answer of question D also. “in area” is not needed there. </p>
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<li>Vanessa had a tendency (of changing) her mind ofter,… </li>
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<p>is the correct idiom “tendency to”? dictionary.com ([Tendency</a> | Define Tendency at Dictionary.com](<a href=“TENDENCY Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com”>TENDENCY Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com)) shows two ways tendency is used: one with “of” and one with “to”. What is the difference?</p>
<p>Most ships move through the Suez Canal under their own power, so extremely large ships must be assisted by a tugboat.</p>
<p>Answer is: “so”. Kind of, sort of not really understand why that’s wrong.</p>
<p>In many parts of the world where grasses cover vast expanses of land, periodic, controlled burning is practiced in order to keep woody brush from gaining a foothold and it stimulates continuing grass growth. </p>
<p>Answer is: “it stimulates” Doesn’t the “it” refer to “controlled burning”, which is singular?</p>
<p>In many large cities in the United States, the presence of a culturally diverse population has led to repeated
calls that curricula taught wholly or partly in languages other than English. </p>
<p>Answer is: “that”</p>
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<p>Look up the words in the dictionary. “better” means “more well,” but since the purpose of “better” is to be the comparative of “well,” we prefer it because it is shorter and specialized. “more well” is therefore wrong.</p>
<p>The definitions of “more” and “better” are pretty much the same, except “better” encompasses completeness (“better adapted” = “more completely adapted”). They are pretty much the same in this case.</p>
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<p>The pronoun is not ambiguous because it is subjective. The subject of the clause “parents…children” is “parents.” It stays consistent–the children is uniformly the object.</p>
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<p>“in area” is not redundant because largeness encompasses a bunch of possibilities such as population. A country may be large in population but not land mass/area.</p>
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<p>The noun is “glimpses.” A glimpse is a vision. A vision is the act of seeing. “The act of seeing being seen” is redundant. A correct variant would be “bodies will soon be possible to be seen” because the noun is the bodies.</p>
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<p>When you use “than,” you are comparing nouns. “X is larger than Y.” This is different from the other question because it has a structural error. “In area” is simply being specific because things can be large in different ways. In this sentence, one cannot compare a country to another country’s size.</p>
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<p>Think about what “tendency” means. It is a direction TOWARDS some course of action. Actions take on infinitives (“to…”) “To” and “towards” have to do with direction, so you say you have a tendency to do something. You TEND to do something.</p>
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<p>“so” is used to come to a logical conclusion. The transition from “most ships move under their own power” to “some ships do NOT move under their own power” is illogical. You need a conjunction like “but” because to contrast the ideas.</p>
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<p>“It” does not refer to “controlled burning.” It could theoretically refer to “woody brush” or “foothold,” so it is an ambiguous pronoun.</p>
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<p>The calls are for curricula (that are) taught in languages other than English. The sentence uses the same structure as “call for help.” If you “call for help,” you WANT help. If you call for a specific kind of curriculum, you WANT that curriculum</p>
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<li>The Mayan Riviera, which (extends down) the eastern coast of Mexico, (has may hidden) caves, one (of which) is larger (than the size of) Monaca.</li>
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<p>What can this sentence be corrected to? What does “has may hidden” mean? What is being compared here? I know Monaca is a city. I’m sorry but your explanation was a bit confusing.</p>
<p>“Has may” was probably a typo. The person probably meant “has many.”</p>
<p>“than the size of Monaca” is incorrect.
“than Monaca” is the correct form.</p>
<p>INCORRECT: One country is larger than the size of another country.
CORRECT: One country is larger than another country.</p>
<p>INCORRECT: “I have more skill than your skill.”
CORRECT: "I have more skill than you (do).
CORRECT: “I am better than you (are).”</p>
<p>The words in the parentheses are optional.</p>
<p>In other words, “than” compares two NOUNS. Here is the relevant definition from Dictionary.com:</p>
<p><a href=“used,%20as%20after%20comparative%20adjectives%20and%20adverbs,%20to%20introduce%20the%20second%20member%20of%20an%20unequal%20comparison”>quote</a>: She’s taller than I am.
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<p>oblivion, </p>
<p>“size of” is redundant. It is already implied because Monaca is a place.</p>
<p>I find that redundancy errors are the hardest to spot.</p>
<p>Intimacy, love, and marriage are three different, if interrelated, subjects.
(a)same
(b)interrelated subjects, being, however, different
(c)different subjects, whereas they are interrelated
(d)different subjects when interrelated
(e)subjects that are different although being interrelated</p>
<p>explanation please?</p>
<p>Snorlax, on this very thread, go up to the search button and type “Intimacy, love, and marriage”. There was a recent post with insights from both silverturtle and crazybandit about this question. </p>
<p>and thanks crazybandit and silver. After reading your (crazybandit) explanation, I understood silver’s. I can’t believe I didn’t see the structural error. I got the question right but I wanted to understand. </p>
<p>And “has may hidden” is not a typo. That’s how the QAS pdf file has it.</p>
<p>in case you can’t find it:</p>
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<p>In this context, “if” means (from Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com, respectively):</p>
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<p>So, “if” contrasts “interrelated” with “different.” The original sentence is correct and there is no error.</p>