<p>well,i have problems with these QUESTIONS.please explain them and if u may, please correct the errors.....</p>
<p>1.mediators were standing by,prepared a)to intevene in the labor dispute b)even though both sides c)had refused earlier offers d)for help
answer is d......why?</p>
<p>2.a powerful a)advocate to equal rights,belva lockwood b)was twice a candidate for president long before the nineteenth amendment c)to the constitution allowed d)women to vote
answer is a)....explanation is needed</p>
<p>3.to insist that a poem means whatever a)one b)wants it to mean is often c)ignoring the intention and d)even the words of the poet.
answer is c....i knew it,but what will the corrected sentence.....</p>
<p>4.the seven month old baby was considered a)precious to her family because she was b)already able to grasp tiny items c)delicately d)between her thumb and forefinger.
answer is a).....explain please
5.no one a)but a fool b)readily lend money to a person who c)is known d)to be a frequent gambler
answer is e.....but my question is when to use "to be' and when to use "as" after "known" ....coz he is best regarded as a popular writer----here "as" is used after "known"</p>
<p>6.not very particular a)in nesting b)sites,house wrens c)may nest in birdhouses,mail boxes,building crevices-even in the pocketsd) of hanging laundry
answer is a.....whats wrong with a?</p>
<p>7.a)at the reception b)were the c)chattering guests,the three tiered cake,and the lively music that have become d)characteristic of many wedding celebrations.
to my surprise the answer is e...that means there is no error......isnt d an error? shouldnt it b "characteristics of"?.........</p>
<p>please help me with all these questions......</p>
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<li>idiom error. offers to help.</li>
<li>idiom error. advocate for</li>
<li>is often to ignore? parallelism</li>
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<li>I think "as" is used when referring to a specific person?</li>
<li>idiom error. particular of
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<li>"her" might be ambiguous? Other than that, no idea.</li>
<li>It should still be characteristic because it is used in the context of describing wedding celebrations as a whole. (i.e, Bringing calculators and snacks have become characteristic of taking the SAT. You wouldn't say characteristics here.)
In that, weddings are now known to have those things present. Kind of hard to explain..</li>
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<li><p>It should be "offers of help." It is an idiom error, but "of" is preferable to "to" here. (This might be a difference between British English and American English.)</p></li>
<li><p>"Advocate of" sounds a little more natural to me than "advocate for," but either should be ok.</p></li>
<li><p>The sentence structure needs to be parallel. The subject of "is" in the phrase "is often" is the infinitive "To insist." Therefore, the structure of the sentence should be "To insist" blah, blah, blah "is often to ignore . . ."</p></li>
<li><p>"Precious" means dear, beloved, or cherished. The baby wasn't considered "precious" because of her grasping ability, she was considered "precocious," which means advanced in development, usually intellectually.</p></li>
<li><p>Sorry, lifelong speaker of American English here (well, maybe math is my true native language), but this is a nicety I don't observe, so I can't give you the rule for it, or even a reference to look it up. From the sample questions you have, would the answers fit the patterns "known as [noun]" and "known to be [adjective]" ? The Cambridge book of English grammar might possibly cover this--it's pretty comprehensive, though its rules probably cover British English, rather than American English.</p></li>
<li><p>It should be "particular about." "Particular of" would not actually be right in this context. You can have a "particular of" a contract or deal, which is a specific element of the contract or deal. But the birds are not very choosy or picky, and that's "particular about."</p></li>
<li><p>It would be "characteristics" if the word were being used as a noun, but it's being used as an adjective and the only adjectival form is "characteristic."</p></li>
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<li>Although it may be a diction error, and should be precocious, I believe it is a preposition error: She was considered precious BY her family.</li>
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<p>Good catch, rainbsprinkles--when it's changed to precocious, it should be "considered precocious by." A person or thing can be "precious to" someone. CB seems to actually use precocious/precious fairly often, possibly to identify good proof-readers? Or maybe it's just on a lot of practice tests.</p>
<p>It sounds natural to me to say that one might be an "advocate for the poor" or an "advocate of fair housing." So either works, but there is a slight subtlety that one is an advocate for [a person or group], but an advocate of [a social program or principle]. (For completeness, it's also possible to advocate xx, with advocate used as a verb, and no preposition.)</p>