Some grammar questions....They are simple plz help!

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<li>Though best known as a jazz vocalist, he also enjoyed gopsel music, whereby he told his manager that he wanted to make a recording of his favorite gopsel songs.</li>
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<li>The dolls in the collection, all more than 200 years old, had been carefully carved for children long since gone.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to do it.</li>
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<li>Far away from having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day.</li>
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<li>In the wild, pygmy chimpanzees are found only in an inaccessible region south of the Zaire River, and so no more than a few are in captivity.</li>
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<li>Something of a phenomenon in the entertainment world, political satirists are admired by conservatives and radicals alike.</li>
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<li>The office manager and her coworker, Ms. Andrews, received equal pay from the company until she got a raise for helping to increase the productivity.</li>
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<li>Introducing new ideas and replacing old ones is always a highly controversial matter.</li>
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<li>In a world that the rate of technological changes accelerates frighteningly, change itself often seems to be the only constant.</li>
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<p>1 - I have no idea as well!</p>

<p>2 - 'long since gone' basically means that the children have been gone for quite a while</p>

<p>3- correct sentence</p>

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<li><p>Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to</p></li>
<li><p>Far from having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day.</p></li>
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<p>6 - sentence is right. The and/so use depends on the scenario.</p>

<p>7 - dunno how to explain it to you</p>

<p>8, 9 - fine</p>

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<li>In a world where the rate of technological changes accelerates frighteningly, change itself often seems to be the only constant.</li>
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<p>are you taking it this upcoming weekend? if so, me too.. i am working on writing right now and had many of the same questions, i posted some yesterday.</p>

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<li><p>should be in a world where</p></li>
<li><p>always and a couldn't be changed right? "they" are always a can't work</p></li>
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<p>I know the first one: instead of "whereby" should come "therefore" or "thus", because he is making a conclusion.</p>

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<p>Hello, here goes:</p>

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<li>Though best known as a jazz vocalist, he also enjoyed gopsel music, whereby he told his manager that he wanted to make a recording of his favorite gopsel songs.</li>
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<p>You can replace 'whereby' with many other connectors, including 'and' or 'so'. But 'whereby' is being used incorrectly. </p>

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<li>The dolls in the collection, all more than 200 years old, had been carefully carved for children long since gone.</li>
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<p>Sorry, 'long since gone' is an idiomatic expression that will sound right if you've come across it before.</p>

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<li>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.</li>
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<p>No, it should not be "prefer the mall than" OR "prefer the mall more than". The correct sructure is "prefer the mall TO". or otherwise "... who drive LIKE the mall more than..."</p>

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<li>Professor Chen repeated her point that the hero, if given the chance to relive the moment, would choose to do it.</li>
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<p>I remember this sentence from my practice tests! I got it wrong too. "do it" is simply too ambiguous. What's 'it'? Anyway, don't worry about this question, it's kind of weird.</p>

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<li>Far away from having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day.</li>
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<p>'Far away from...' is another idiomatically incorrect expression that should be replaced by 'Far from ...' </p>

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<li>In the wild, pygmy chimpanzees are found only in an inaccessible region south of the Zaire River, and so no more than a few are in captivity.</li>
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<p>This sentence is correct. There's no such rule about and/so.</p>

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<li>Something of a phenomenon in the entertainment world, political satirists are admired by conservatives and radicals alike.</li>
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<p>Translation: Political satirists are something of a phenomenon in the entertainment world. They are admired by both conservatives and radicals.</p>

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<li>The office manager and her coworker, Ms. Andrews, received equal pay from the company until she got a raise for helping to increase the productivity.</li>
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<p>Yes, you are correct :) Should be 'had received'.</p>

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<li>Introducing new ideas and replacing old ones is always a highly controversial matter.</li>
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<p>I'm not sure about this one. Are you allowed to chance both 'matter' and 'is'? Because if 'is' became 'are', then 'matter' should be 'matters'. I think the author may mean that introducing+replacing is part of the same one matter.</p>

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<li>In a world that the rate of technological changes accelerates frighteningly, change itself often seems to be the only constant.</li>
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<p>No, no no! Another idiomiatically incorrect phrase. "In a world WHERE" or "In a world IN WHICH", but never ever "in a world that."</p>

<p>And the best way to develop your 'ear' for weeding out those annoying idioms is to read read read. Of course there are also lists of idioms floating around, but I think there are way too many idioms to study them all that way.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much guys! And good luck with your tests if you are taking it this Saturday:)!</p>