Some confusing writing questions!!

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<p>Bold=correct answers
To ID error questions, please show me the way to correct them.I will retake my Sat in Dec, so thank you for your help.</p>

<p>1, A poetic form congenial to Robert Browning was the dramatic monologue, it let him explore a character’s mind without the simplifications demanded by stage productions
<a href="C">B</a> monologue, which let him explore <a href="D">/B</a> monologue that lets him explore</p>

<p>why not D?</p>

<p>4, Prior to the election of Henry Cisneros as mayor of San Atonio in 1981, no major city in US had had a mayor from Mexican descent. No error</p>

<p>how about "of Mexican descent?"</p>

<p>5, Recently trolleys have been brought back to solve the problems of congestion caused by automobile, the very vehicle **that causes **the trolley’s demise years ago. No error</p>

<p>7, Even when Barbara Jordan put questions toward a political nominee, her elegant diction evoked in listeners memories of her eloquent political speeches. No error</p>

<p>8, the candidate called for medical insurance reform, but to me he seemed less interested in the plight of uninsured citizens than in whether enough is registered to vote. No error</p>

<p>10,Not very particular in nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices- even in the pockets of hanging laundry. No error</p>

<ol>
<li>By including pieces of cloth, newspaper, wallpaper, and other materials in his own work, Picasso’s innovation had an important influence on twentieth century art.
(D) Picasso was influential, with his innovation, over
<a href="E">B</a> the innovative Picasso was an important influence on **</li>
</ol>

<p>18,By using electromagnetic sensors to record the frequency of lightning strikes throughout the US, meteorologists have determined that it occurs at the rate of 2,000 per hour. No error</p>

<p>19,The seven month old baby was considered precocious to her family because she was already able to grasp tiny items delicately between her thumb and forefinger. No error</p>

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<p>for 1, because it is past tense, lets is the wrong verb, it should be let.
7. toward is like the wrong prep. maybe to or something else.
10. particular about
18. they occur.</p>

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<p>5) It should be “that caused”
8) It should be “enough was”, because the rest of the sentence is in past tense
13) Besides sounding awkward, you can tell choice D is erroneous because it refers to a singular innovation that is not clearly stated in the first part of the sentence. (It instead mentions many different kinds of materials used in different works of art over time.)
19) It should be “by her family”</p>

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<p>I have a writing question too…kind of piggy backing off this thread, sorry.</p>

<p>The survey showed that most shoppers who drive prefer the mall more than downtown stores simply because finding parking is less difficult at the mall. </p>

<p>The error is “more than”; why is this?</p>

<p>never mind, I know why. The idiom is “to prefer to”</p>

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<p>@gertrudetrumpet &Subsidize: thank you for your help</p>