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<p>Can someone explain why it is D? Im so confused on this question.</p>

<p>() = underlined portion</p>

<p>Katarina could not be certain whether the voice she heard on the recording was her (uncle or someone else) who speaks with a heavy German accent.</p>

<p>A uncle or someone else
B. uncle or that of someone else
C. uncle’s or someone else
D. uncle’s or that of someone else
E. uncle’s or someone else’s</p>

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<p>It is D because there has to be the possessive there and only D or E show that. I don’t know why E wouldn’t be correct but the main idea is that the possessive has to be there. Maybe someone else can explain why E isn’t correct.</p>

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<p>^ oops looks like someone explained it before me. :)</p>

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<p>Here is another writing question</p>

<p>In her 1913 novel, O Pioneers!, Willa Cather
------------</p>

<h2>portrayed the early settlers in Nebraska,</h2>

<p>characterizing such types including either</p>

<hr>

<p>exploiters or stewards of the land. No error
--------</p>

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<p>It looks like the lines got messed up after I posted it so ignore them. There is an error.</p>

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<p>Thanks!
Can someone also explain this one? I got the right answer just because it sounded correct but i dont know technically why it is correct </p>

<p>Bridget worried that she might not be able to bring back many souvenirs (were she to take) only one suitcase on vaction.</p>

<p>A were she to take
B if she would have taken
C was she to have taken
D had she took
E by having taken</p>

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<p>For your last post the sentence is correct as written. The past form of the subjective is needed. To see this rewrite the sentence as:</p>

<p>Were she to take …, Bridget worried …</p>

<p>That the main idea is hypothetical is clear because of the use of “might”.</p>

<p>The sentence could also be cast as “If she were to take …” and perhaps it’s clearer that way. In any case the “if” is implicit.</p>

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<p>Katarina could not be certain whether the voice she heard on the recording was her (uncle or someone else) who speaks with a heavy German accent.</p>

<p>A uncle or someone else
B. uncle or that of someone else
C. uncle’s or someone else
D. uncle’s or that of someone else
E. uncle’s or someone else’s </p>

<p>The underlined part is follwed by ‘who speaks with a heavy German accent’,
which means the underlined part has to end with a noun(precedent) so that
it can be followed by a relative pronoun(who).</p>

<p>(D) uncle’s (voice) or voice of someone else who speaks with ~ <a href=“E”>O</a> uncle’s (voice) or someone else’s (voice) who speaks with ~ [X]</p>

<p>Sometimes, you cannot answer the question without looking at the rest
of the question.</p>

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<p>^omg thanks so much</p>