Sentence Correction Confusions

<li><p>Infinitive and gerund e.g. Lake Forests cops were pressed with the demand to cut /for cutting the dry bushes.</p></li>
<li><p>Whoever,whomever, whomsoever, whosoever --which of these words are valid and in what sort of instances</p></li>
<li><p>Pronoun Case–You are smarter than me/I.
–In order for she and I to be able to attend, we will need to receive tickets within the week.( where is the error?)</p></li>
<li><p>Adj/Adv–They felt bad/badly about failing the test.</p></li>
<li><p>whether to / whether or not to --when should I use which?</p></li>
<li><p>Difference between like/such as</p></li>
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<p>I am in a quandary …</p>

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<li><p>You are smarter than I, it's a shortened version of "You are smarter than I am"
In order for she and me to be able to attend, it's like "In order for me to be able to attend". But it does sound a bit awkward, someone correct me if I'm wrong.</p></li>
<li><p>They felt bad about failing the test. The bad is describing the people, not the verb.</p></li>
<li><p>Whether is always fine, you don't need the not.</p></li>
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<p>Not sure about the rest.</p>

<p>Also... I have a question about "kind of/sort of" I remember someone telling me only one of them is correct in the writing portion. I think it was "sort of", but I'm not sure.</p>

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<li><p>Infinitive and gerund e.g. Lake Forests cops were pressed with the demand to cut /for cutting the dry bushes.</p></li>
<li><p>Whoever,whomever, whomsoever, whosoever --which of these words are valid and in what sort of instances</p></li>
<li><p>Pronoun Case--You are smarter than me/I.
--In order for she and I to be able to attend, we will need to receive tickets within the week.( where is the error?)</p></li>
<li><p>Adj/Adv--They felt bad/badly about failing the test.</p></li>
<li><p>whether to / whether or not to --when should I use which?</p></li>
<li><p>Difference between like/such as</p></li>
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<h2>I am in a quandary ...</h2>

<p>Lake Forests cops were pressed with the demand to cut /for cutting the dry bushes.</p>

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<li> What do you demand? Do you demand the cops to cut the trees, or do you demand them for cutting the trees? You can't demand for any gerund. Think about it...You were pressed with the demand of your guardian to clean your room.
Infinitive for #1</li>
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<p>3 3. Pronoun Case--You are smarter than me/I.
--In order for she and I to be able to attend, we will need to receive tickets within the week.( where is the error?)</p>

<p>You are smarter than I am. Just add am and if it makes sense, it's I.</p>

<p>Okay, the latter one, "In order...." always eliminate whoever is in front of I or me....for instance:
John and Me go to the pool. Eliminate John. Me go to the pool. Does it make sense? No.
Now to your sentence.
In order for she and I to be able to attend, we will need to receive tickets within the week.
In order for I to be able to att.....yea, doesn't make sense.
In order for ME to able to att....there you go.</p>

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<li>Adj/Adv--They felt bad/badly about failing the test.</li>
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<p>These are sometimes tricky. I really have no method here, sorry, but if it makes sense then it probably is right.
They felt bad about failing the test is correct.
I just don't know why.</p>

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<li>whether to / whether or not to --when should I use which?
Okay, this is easier.</li>
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<p>Whether or not to eat the bug was mind boggling to JOhn.
Whether to eat the bug, or to toss it aside, was mind boggling to John.
Whether or not usually compares ONE thing in two instances. Whether or not to do something.
Whether to gives an alternative. "whether to die or whether to live, whether to eat or whether to drink"</p>

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<li>Difference between like/such as
Once again, whatever sounds right.</li>
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<p>About the whomever/whosoever question...honestly, I don't think that you're EVER going to use whomsoever or whosoever in your vocabulary, they're archaic. As for whomever....well....if you're just aiming for the few extra points on the SAT then w/e, but usually the mistake of mixing up whoever and whomever aren't going to be spotted out easily, and it's just whatever sounds right.</p>

<p>goodluck man</p>

<p>--In order for she and I to be able to attend, we will need to receive tickets within the week.( where is the error?)</p>

<p>I think it must be "in order for her and me to ..."; is it true?</p>

<p>Also, I have another question about "I do ... as ... as he does/does he".</p>

<p>yeah it's in order for her and me to attend</p>

<p>sorry about my last post mistake</p>

<p>for the adj/adv one, i'll try to explain.</p>

<p>just put in "They felt badly about failing the test.
does that make sense? that choice is saying that they are feeling badly about failing the test WHILE they are taking the test, it makes no sense.</p>

<p>They felt bad about failing test is the better option, sound it out. after you fail a test, you can feel bad so this choice is the correct one.</p>

<p>1.How do you people tackle idiom errors? Do u just do from ur experience or memorize idioms?</p>

<p>2.When should I use to a less degree/to a lesser degree ?</p>

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<li>The show was criticized by people (as/for being) sophomoric.</li>
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<p>4.Is this sentence correct
That our teacher's spoke so movingly, yet knew so little, is perplexing.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot Easton722,ivyleague104 . Your answers really helped.
I think "sort of" is informal.</p>

<p>Could someone look at the rest of my problems.</p>