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<li>Some critics insist that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (although a great humanitarian, is only a mediocre writer). </li>
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<p>Answer: (A) No error</p>
<p>BUT
(B) "despite great humanitarianism, is only mediocre when judged as to writing"
^What makes B grammatically wrong?</p>
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<li>(That) the country is now politically stable and economically robust (and will) almost certainly continue (to do so) (is) no longer seriously doubted. No error</li>
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<p>Answer: C</p>
<p>Why? (I choose D because I thought "politically stable", "economically robust", and "continue to do so" was three separate things)</p>
<p>For No.1, B isn’t grammatically incorrect but rather wordy. Try to avoid the awkwardness and wordiness of sentences in the writing section; just go for plain and simple. </p>
<p>As for No.2 ‘That’ the country is blablabla… ‘is’ not blablabla is perfectly compliant with the subject verb agreement rules. Also something will continue to ‘be’ not to ‘do’ making C your correct answer :)</p>
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<li><p>what should imediately trouble you about B is that it’s longer than A, making A the correct answer. but B is gramatically wrong because what should be inside the comas should refer to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and “great humanitarianism” does not directly do so. it could have been “despite showing great humanitarianism”.</p></li>
<li><p>the country will continue to be so, not to do so. the sentence uses the verb “to be” (is). exemple: “John is very smart, and he will succeed if he will continue to be so”.</p></li>
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