<p>Can anyone please help me with these writing questions?</p>
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<li><p>For months the press had praised Thatchers handling of the international (crisis, and) editorial views changed (quickly) (when) the domestic economy (worsened). (No error-E)</p></li>
<li><p>The African tsetse fly does not need a (brain, everything)
it has to do in life is programmed into its nervous
system.
(A) brain, everything
(B) brain due to everything which
(C) brain, for everything
(D) brain; since, everything
(E) brain whereas everything
Why is the answer C? Why isn't it D? I get confused when it comes to using semi colons vs commas.</p></li>
<li><p>The architects research shows that even when builders
constructhouses of stone, they still use the hammer more than any tool. No error </p></li>
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<p>4.The famous filmmaker had a tendency of changing his recollections, perhaps out of boredom at having to tell interviewers the same story over and over. No Error</p>
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<li>The television station has received many complaints
about the clothing advertisements, which some viewers condemn to be tasteless. No error</li>
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<p>6.Winston Churchill, unlike many English prime
ministers before him had deep insight into the
workings of the human mind. No error</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Okay, I try to answer a few of your question.</p>
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<li><p>A is correct. “And” is an improper conjunction. It should be replaced by “but” in order to appropriately link the both ideas and create a cause-effect relationship.</p></li>
<li><p>D WOULD be correct if there were no semi-colon. “Since” is a conjunction which can link both of the clauses properly by only using a comma. C is correct because “for” can be used as a conjunction and “for” can also link two different ideas by only using a comma as it does in option C.</p></li>
<li><p>D is correct. This error is an illogical comparison because “a hammer” is compared to “any tool”. Actually, a hammer is a tool and thus is also included in “any tool”. So, you need to add other to “any other tool” to create a logical comparison.</p></li>
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<p>I am not sure about the other questions so I don’t want to make a statement about them.
I hope I could help you anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for those explanations Amadeus! I guess as I encounter more of these questions I’ll get better at them now since I understand them a lot more now! Thanks!</p>
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<li><p>B is the correct answer. It’s an idiom question. People don’t have tendencies for, they have tendencies to.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not 100% sure on this, but I’m pretty sure that if you’re condemning something “to be” something else, it means you’re dooming it forever (e.g. I condemn you to hell). In this instance it should be condemn “as.” Again, another idiom.</p></li>
<li><p>I think this is a no error one…but that’s because I haven’t found an error, so definitely get someone else to check this.</p></li>
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