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<li>Conners, a publishing and media service company, is acquiring (Dispatch Education, it manufactures) school uniforms.
(B) Dispatch education, which manufactures (Correct)
(D) Dispatch education; it is manufacturing</li>
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<p>I got stuck on this easy one for some reason.... Although I know B is correct, why can't D also be correct? The semi-colon is used to connect an independent clause without a conjunction.</p>
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<li>The campus newspaper does not print as much world news (as does my hometown).
(B) as does my hometown newspaper (Correct)
(D) like my hometown newspaper does</li>
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<p>The campus newspaper does not print world news like my hometown newspaper does.</p>
<p>If the original sentence was changed to this, would this be correct?</p>
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<li><p>I can’t find any mistakes in choice D, but I think it might just be for awkwardness. It’s too wordy, and it isn’t something that normal people would write. Just go for the simpler one.</p></li>
<li><p>The word “like” ruins it. “Like” implies that your hometown is like the campus newspaper in the respect of not printing much world news. Then the word “does” attaches itself, contradicting the sentence. It’s confusing, and it’s wrong.</p></li>
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<p>For the 1st one, I think D is wrong because the “it” after the semi colon is too vague, it might refer to Conners, and Conners isn’t manufacturing school uniforms; Dispatch education does.</p>
<p>I think the new sentence you created is fine but it sounds awkward.
However you can just tell that B is correct because its more consistent with the original text “as much _____ as” in the original sentence it implies that the hometown is printing which makes no sense. It has to be a comparison between 2 newspapers and not a newspaper and a home town</p>
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<li>The campus newspaper does not print as much world news (as does my hometown).
(B) as does my hometown newspaper (Correct)</li>
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<p>It may sound awkward, but if you move the does to the end, it’s sounds more natural, and still remains grammatically correct.
(The campus newspaper does not print as much world news as my hometown newspaper does.)</p>