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<h1>10. She was concerned about how Hank would react to the incident, but [in searched his face, he did not seem to be] at all embarrassed or troubled.</h1>

<p>She was concerned about how Hank would react to the incident, but [a search of his face showed that he seemed not] at all embarrassed or troubled.</p>

<h2>Q1. Got this one right, but I was stuck between these 2 answers. Why is the second one correct and the first one not? Is it because of passive vs. active voice? </h2>

<h1>11. Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [of it rapidly changing].</h1>

<p>Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [the rapidity with which it changes].</p>

<p>Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [it [makes rapid changes].</p>

<p>Q2. I chose the first, but the second was right. I was about to pick the second because "rapidity" is parallel with "complexity" but I strayed away because "with which" sounded complicated, and I will admit I was intimidated by that phrase lol. Also, it was the longest answer so i just chose the first. How can you tell if "with which" is correct? </p>

<h2>Q3. Is "because OF" an idiom? Or is because "of" just correct because of parallelism. </h2>

<h2>Q4. Does "for" = "because" when functioning as a conjunction? "the fly does not need a brain, FOR/BECAUSE everything is programmed into its nervous system"</h2>

<p>On another note, I GOT A 710!!!!! Hoping for 700+ for january.</p>

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<p>For questions 10 it doesn’t make sense to say “in searched his face”. For the second question I don’t even know it looks difficult lol.</p>

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<p>whoops I typed it wrong. let me edit it.</p>

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<p>Can’t edit it… but the first option in #10 should be “in searching his face”</p>

<p>and for #11</p>

<h1>11. Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [of it rapidly changing].</h1>

<p>Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [ of the rapidity with which it changes].</p>

<p>Explaining modern art is impossible, partly because of its complexity but largely because [it makes rapid changes].</p>

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<p>The answer should be “of rapidity with which it changes” because neither the explanation nor modern art can make the rapid changes happen.</p>

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<p>That’s not the reason.</p>

<p>First choice: “changing” is a gerund. Gerunds are nouns; nouns require possessive modifiers. “it” should be “its.”</p>

<p>Third choice: “its complexity” is not parallel with “it makes rapid changes”; one is a noun, and the other is a verb.</p>

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<p>“because of” is not an idiom nor something related to parallelism; rather, it’s merely how we subordinate causation when the cause is being presented as a noun, as in:</p>

<p>“He was hungry because of his having not eaten.” “having” is a gerund, a noun.</p>

<p>“He ate because of his desire to eat.” “desire” is a noun.</p>

<p>We drop “of” for clauses of cause:</p>

<p>“I ate because Bob wanted me to.” </p>

<p>“She left because I told her to.”</p>

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<p>“for” is semantically equal to “because” in that both are causal subordinating conjunctions. However, a comma is generally used before “for” and not before “because,” as in:</p>

<p>“I ate, for I was hungry.”</p>

<p>“I ate because I was hungry.”</p>

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<p>^ As an extension to post #8:</p>

<p>It’s worth nothing that unlike “because,” “for” is not used at the beginning of a sentence as a subordinating conjunction:</p>

<p>“For he was tired, he went to sleep” is wrong.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much silverturtle. Does the answer to #11 require “because of” due to parallelism?</p>