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<p>To understand twentieth-century economic practices, one must
be sufficiently familiar with Keynesian theories, whether one agrees with them
or not. No error</p>

<p>what do you guys think of them, i think its ambiguous, because it can illogically refer to practices, what do you think?</p>

<p>An economical and efficient recycling center is accessible to the public, responsive to community
needs, and comply with current federal regulations
governing waste disposal. No error</p>

<p>I got this correct, but the answer is not what i expected.
share me your thoughts.</p>

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<p>I think the error lies within in "comply with" because it's a parallelism error?
"comply with" should be changed to "compliant with"?</p>

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<p>agreed with shiomi, should be "compliant with" and the first one, i agree with your thinking, "them" is ambiguous</p>

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<p>Agreed with stueydue who agreed with shiomi. Its parallelism, so it should be compliant.</p>

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<p>The "them" is not ambiguous. "To understand twentieth-century economic practices" is a prepositional phrase that describes someone being "sufficiently familiar with Keynesian theories." Therefore the "them" is referring to the theories, not the practices.</p>

<p>And I agree with the others, it should be "compliant with."</p>

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<p>^i totally agree with mulberrypie,"them" is referring to practices.</p>

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<p>Ren, whats the answer to that first one? i still think the "them" is ambiguous lol i dont fully understand mulberrypie's way of looking at it</p>

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<p>Them is not ambiguous. Think of this sentence.</p>

<p>"Even though Jimmy is fat, George is even fatter, despite his efforts to lose weight."</p>

<p>The "his" is related to George. The "Even though Jimmy is fat" is just fluff, and is not needed, while the second part of the sentence goes together.</p>

<p>Ug, I am horrible at explaining grammer. I tried to help.</p>

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<p>Ok, let me try to clarify my answer:</p>

<p>To understand twentieth-century economic practices, one must
be sufficiently familiar with Keynesian theories, whether one agrees with them
or not. </p>

<p>The "To understand twentieth-century economic practices" is a prepositional phrase. It's a dependent clause (I think..?). Therefore it can be taken out of the sentence. </p>

<p>(On the other hand, you're unable to take out "one must
be sufficiently familiar with Keynesian theories" because it is an independent clause.)</p>

<p>Once you've taken it out, you can obviously see that the 'them' refers to the theories.</p>

<p>@gluttony: did you mean you agree with me that the 'them' is referring to the theories?</p>

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<p>gluttony, you mean that you agree with mulberrypie--"them" is referring to theories, right? You said practices.</p>

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<p>^my bad,i mistakenly typed the wrong word :( i meant theories......not practices..... :( :'(</p>

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<p>geez ambiguity is always confusing
i can hardly ever tell</p>

<p>thanks though rmadden and mulberrypie that actually did make more sense</p>

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<p>ooh, thankyou for the clarifications.
but for #2, i picked C, comply with is definitely wrong, but guess what?
Collegeboard suggests that the correct answer should be complies with.
complies with?!!!! ?!!!
collegeboard is so stupid,i hate it.
complies is a verb, and cb says comply is wrong because the subj verb agreement; CB is wrong, WRONG..
its parallelism, adj, adj and adj.</p>