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<li>It appears that either Jane or Marek will be elected (for president) of student union.</li>
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<p>Ans: President. </p>

<p>Silverturtle, I know you answered this question before, but I still don't understand what makes this example a transitive verb that must be followed by a direct object, vs this sentence "I don't eat for my sandwich, mow for the lawn, celebrate for their romance, or elect for the president", you can get away with a intervening preposition? But basically WHY IS "FOR PRESIDENT" wrong!?</p>

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<li>The island of Madagascar is the habitat of more than 200,000 species of plants and animals, (finding many nowhere) else on planet.</li>
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<p>Ans: many found nowhere</p>

<p>What's the difference, why is "finding many nowhere" wrong and "many found nowhere" right?</p>

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<li>Though the island (was formed by) volcanic action (long ago), volcanic activity (still threatens) its inhabitants (occasionally).<br></li>
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<p>Ans: Correct as it is</p>

<p>I actually put C because I thought the present tense "threatens" is wrong because aren't all verbs suppose to be in the same tense, unless stated otherwise?</p>

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<p>1) Elected for president? </p>

<p>Thats COMPLETELY unidiomatic. You could maybe say, “elected AS president” or simply “elected president”, either works.</p>

<p>2) “finding many nowhere else” doesn’t refer to what is doing the action or the “finding”. In the context of the sentence, I’m not sure if the island is doing the action of “finding” or something else. Plus it just sounds plain WRONG</p>

<p>Many found nowhere fixes this error by clearly stating that many or certain plants/animals are found nowhere else.</p>

<p>3) That rule of them saying that the tenses stay the same throughout is in fact a rule of them but NOT IN THIS CASE. Notice how the first part of the sentence is a dependent clause? “Though the island was formed by volcanic action long ago” is dependent on the next part. Just looking at this part, I can anticipate a change in tense to the present, which it does. Therefore it is completely correct.</p>

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<li><p>How do you know when a -ing word is modifying the correct object?</p></li>
<li><p>What are some things to look out in case of rules of change?</p></li>
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