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<li>Benjamin Franklin is revered not only as a courageous patriot but also (he discovered and invented many things).
A.he discovered and invented many things
B.for his many discoveries and inventions.
C.for his many discoveries and inventions
D.as someone who made many discoveries and invented many things.
E.as having made many discoveries and invented many things.</li>
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<p>The answer is C but why is D wrong?</p>
<p>2.The recent interest in ecumenism is seen by some observers as an indication of a growing recognition of a need for (whole) humanity to recognize common themes in religions that are often obscured by cosmetic differences</p>
<p>The answer said whole should be corrected as "whole of". Why is "whole" wrong?</p>
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<li>On January 31, 1958, America orbited its own satellite, Explorer 1, (toward restoring America;s confidence).
A. (As it is now)
B. going toward restoring America's confidence.
C. an orbiting that went a way toward America's confidence.
D. which went a way to restoring America's confidence.
E. going in some way for restoring America's confidence.</li>
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<p>The answer is D but why is B wrong?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!!! :)</p>
<p>Bad SAT question alert. Where are you getting these questions? Not from the College Board, I hope.</p>
<p>For Question #1: B = C. If C is correct, then B should also be correct, right? I suspect that you have made multiple typos in your post. D violates the parallel structure of the sentence.</p>
<p>I don’t believe that College Board would ever include a question like Question #1 on the SAT. It’s clear that the test-writer is testing the concept of parallelism in the context of the coordinator pair “not only…but also…” The corrected version of a better question would read: “Benjamin Franklin is revered not only as a courageous patriot but also as an imaginative inventor.” Another acceptable version would be: “Benjamin Franklin is revered as not only a courageous patriot but also an imaginative inventor.” I would favor the latter over the former.</p>
<p>Question #2: “whole” should be replaced with “the whole of”</p>
<p>Question #2 tests the idiomatic phrasing “the whole of humanity,” which means “the entirety of humanity.”
Personally, I wouldn’t use the word “cosmetic” to describe minor/superficial differences among world religions, since some might think the word borders on the trivialization of important ideological distinctions. Also, the sentence doesn’t have a good rhythm to it. The sentence structure is rather long and cumbersome.</p>
<p>Question #3: “going toward” indicates physical movement</p>
<p>The College Board would never write a question like Question #3 because the sentence doesn’t finish the author’s thought (America’s confidence in what?).</p>
<p>Thank you Bartleby007.! These are from Barron.</p>
<p>For Question #1, I don’t see why D does not parallel with the formal phrase “a courageous patriot”. I thought “a what kind of person” is parallel with “someone”.</p>
<p>And for Question 3#, why is the original sentence wrong? Can’t I use “toward” solely?</p>
<p>I agree with you on Question #1. Of the choices provided, the best answer is D. It’s a horrible question, though. As I pointed out previously, B and C are equivalent…and none of the answer choices preserve parallelism in a “natural” ay.</p>
<p>Question #3 is another poor question. As contained within answer choice A, the phrase “toward restoring America’s confidence” indicates physical movement. If the word “toward” were omitted, then the sentence would sound better. I still have issues with positioning a participial phrase (beginning with the present active participle “restoring”) at the end of the sentence. A relative clause works better there.</p>
<p>I recommend that you start using higher quality English grammar multiple-choice questions for SAT study. Wasting time on these questions by Barrons is kind of like arguing over which type of sandwich tastes better: one filled with cat poop or one filled with dog poop. Both are poopy. Ya get my drift?</p>
<p>Thank you so much Bartleby007! So what do you think is the best workbook for SAT?</p>
<p>For #1, they may be discounting D because of the sheer wordiness of it.</p>