Writing help, test 7 BB

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<p>Yea... my writing still sucks after this week of study. Still trudging along... still in the 600's... anyways please help me on these questions that I need answers to...</p>

<h2>Q1 How can you tell if "of which" is correct?</h2>

<p>Photographers may choose from among several camera types, [of which there is one] best for their particular interests.</p>

<h2>Q2 the above is incorect because it is in the passive voice right? as opposed to the answer "one of which is" </h2>

<p>Q3 Weird question [and probably stupid], but I want to know: In a single clause without commas, must all verbs be in the same tense? </p>

<h2>When there is a comma and 2 clauses, and each clause has a different tense [i.e one is in the future perfect and the other is in present], does it matter which 2 they are? To clarify.. I mean are all combinations of the 6 tenses ok? Is there a rule where you can't have a certain combination [present perfect , then present future]? </h2>

<p>Far [away from] having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day.</p>

<h2>Q4. What's wrong with [away, from?] </h2>

<p>In many respects, Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary are very similar characters, but Bovary has [the most spirit] and determination.</p>

<h2>Q5 what's wrong with "the most spirit"? </h2>

<p>When we read, we first form [impressions, evaluating those impressions then] as we read on.
When we read, we first form [impressions and then evaluate those impressions] as we read on.</p>

<p>Q6 Why is the second better than the first?</p>

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<p>4 Far [away from] having been a diehard conservative, Hoover was, some scholars now contend, the leading progressive of his day.</p>

<p>“away from” is redundant; it should simply be “from.”</p>

<p>5.In many respects, Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary are very similar characters, but Bovary has [the most spirit] and determination.</p>

<p>Bovary is being compared to Anna; we need to use the comparative instead of the superlative. Use " more."</p>

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<li>Q6 Why is the second better than the first? </li>
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<p>I think that the first one is wrong because it his a misplaced modifier. “evaluating those impressions then] as we read on.” The then part seems out of place, but I cannot really explain it. Well, actually I think that the then is too far away from what it is modifying (“evaluating”)</p>

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<p>When we read, we first form [impressions, evaluating those impressions then] as we read on.
When we read, we first form [impressions and then evaluate those impressions] as we read on.</p>

<p>Q6 Why is the second better than the first? </p>

<p>Look at it closely. This question is testing your skills of parallelism in terms of chronological order. In the second option, “When we read, we FIRST form [impressions and THEN evaluate those impressions] as we read on.” This sentence is maintaining parallelism because it has the correct order of “first” and “then” to establish a logical sequence of events.
In the first sentence, “When we read, we first form [impressions, evaluating those impressions then] as we read on.” This distorts the meaning a bit because of the improper placement of “then”; In the placement of “then” given in the sentence, the sentence now means that we first form impressions and evaluate those impressions at the same time, which is logically and sequentially incorrect.</p>

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<p>thanks fresh, and pokrat</p>