Quick Writing Questions

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<li>Today a medical doctor must often make a choice between engaging in private practice or engaging in research.</li>
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<p>Answer: D.</p>

<p>The correct word would be “and”, right? It’s supposed to read “make a choice between engaging in private practice AND engaging in research”?</p>

<li>Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to do it.</li>
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<p>Answer: D</p>

<p>Is it supposed to read “would choose to HAVE DONE IT”? I’m not sure. Can someone explain this question?</p>

<li>Given her strong sense of social justice, Burns vehemently protested over her party’s failure to support a tax decrease for senior citizens.</li>
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<p>Answer: C</p>

<p>Is this just an idiomatic error? Should it be “protested AT”? </p>

<li>The survey showed that most shoppers who drive prefer the mall more than downtown stores simply because finding parking is less difficult at the mall. </li>
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<p>Answer: B</p>

<p>Is it supposed to be “prefer the mall OVER downtown stores”? Can someone explain why “more than” is incorrect?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<li>yes, it should be "and" because when the sentence structure is between ... and</li>
<li>i am not that good at tense. sorry, i cannot help you on this one.</li>
<li>i think it should be protested against. it is an idiom error.</li>
<li>the sentence structure is prefer... to</li>
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<p>I think 2 should be "do so."</p>

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<p>Yes; number 2 should be "do so" because what is "it"? There's no such thing. Replace it with something: "Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to do ___." There's no noun that you can use to replace "it."</p>

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<p>those are from bb,i remember doing these.
i agree on the "protest against", that's what i had in mind when i marked the portion,but cb suggested that protest alone would suffice.</p>

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<p>For #3 "protested" is better English than "protested against", the additional word is basically just window dressing in this sentence.</p>