<p>Can anyone help me with this problem?
( the bracketed parts are those which may be the errors)</p>
<p>Q1.Far (away from) having been a diehard conservative, ( Hoover was) some scholars (now contend), the leading progressive of his day. </p>
<p>The error is (away from) But I don't understand why.</p>
<p>Q2. ( For the past) 100 years, National Park (was) a kind of sociological laboratory (in which) North Americans have been exploring ( the meaning of) the national-park concept. </p>
<p>Q1. It's an idiom - the most difficult error to identify: either you know it or you don't. </p>
<h1>Far from having been a diehard conservative, ( Hoover was) some scholars (now contend), the leading progressive of his day.</h1>
<p>Q2. Needs to be the Perfect Present.<br>
In this particular sentence we see something that extends from the past to the present.
National Park was and still is a kind of sociological laboratory,
just as
North Americans did not stop exploring the meaning of the national-park concept - yet, and I hope never will :).</p>
<p>For the past 100 years, National Park has been a kind of sociological laboratory (in which) North Americans have been exploring ( the meaning of) the national-park concept.</p>
<p>"Far away" refers to real distance between objects, not a discrepancy of viewpoints. "He lives far away from Chicago" vs. "He is far from stingy" (meaning he's generous).</p>
<p>People who wish to be (a model) should remember that not all modeling is glamorous (and that) a great deal (of it) (is simply) tiring. </p>
<p>The answer is (a model). I can speculate that it should be (models), but dont feel really confident.<br>
If the pronoun is plural the object following it should also be plural?? or what? is there a certain rule to this? I'm getting confused!! </p>
<p>Another question: if the phrase in the bracket was (and) instead of (and that) would it be wrong?</p>
<p>Yes, it should be "models". Multiple persons cannot be a single model. </p>
<p>If the sentence were "and a great deal of it is simply tiring", I don't believe that it would be incorrect. I believe that either construct ("and" or "and that") are correct. The "that" of the first phrase ("that not all modeling. . .") would carry over to the second.</p>
<p>you could argue that it would be incorrect if the "that" was removed since it makes the sentence, according to Collegeboard, not parallel. </p>
<p>People who wish to be (a model) should remember **that not all modeling is glamorous<a href="and%20%5BB%5D%5BI%5Dthat">/B</a>* a great deal (of it) (is simply) tiring.
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<p>Thanks a lot.
But, I still do not feel very confident about when to use plural.
Would you say "They wish to have luxurious lives" instead of "They wish to have a luxurious life" ?
What about this one:
"Many students aim to get good scores on the SAT test"
"Many students aim to get a good score on the SAT test"
The second one sounds right to me.. But according to the "model" question the first one is correct... This is too confusing!</p>
<p>Which it - **It<a href="in%20%5Bb%5D%5Bi%5DIt's%5B/b%5D%5B/i%5D">/i</a>, *an idiom, or ***the...error*?
A nice example of the Ambiguous Antecedent.</p>
<p>Bad grammar, gcf101! :o
Good vB code though. :D</p>