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<p>There are just a couple:</p>

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<li>Unlike the case with Andrea<a href="A">/U</a>, who was tired after<a href="B">/U</a> working all weekend, I<a href="C">/U</a> wanted to go to the state capitol building to hear<a href="D">/U</a> the governor's speech.</li>
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<p>The answer is (A) but I wasn't sure why. It is an idiomatic mistake? If so, what should it be?</p>

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<li>Although<a href="A">/U</a> the work schedule had been as meticulously prepared as<a href="B">/U</a> it was suppose to be, (C) the completion of the job was delayed by the unexpected<a href="D">/U</a> resignations of several workers.</li>
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<p>the answer is (C) but I had no idea why it was wrong.</p>

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<li>In his new book, Quest for Adventure, the renowned<a href="A">/U</a> British mountaineer Chris Bonington examines the past century's<a href="B">/U</a> most remarkable expeditions, profiling<a href="C">/U</a> such explorers including<a href="D">/U</a> Neil Armstrong, Thor Heyerdahl, and Maurice Herzog.</li>
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<p>Why is the answer (D)?</p>

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<li>If she would have been offeredan internship in Atlanta, Tamika would have to rent out her apartment in Chicago.</li>
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<p>(A) If she would have been offered
(B) Were she to be offered
(C) With it being offered her
(D) Offering her
(E) By being offered</p>

<p>The answer is (B) but shouldn't the correction be something along the lines of: "If she had been offered...."? Why does "were she to be offered" make sense as well?</p>

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<li>The bus would not have had to take<a href="A">/U</a> the long detour instead of<a href="B">/U</a> the main highway if the bridge did not become<a href="C">/U</a> treacherous in the aftermath of<a href="D">/U</a> an ice storm.</li>
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<p>Shouldn't (A) be changed to "taken" since there is a "have"? the answer is (C) by the way. What should it be changed to?</p>

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<li>For<a href="A">/U</a> any mayor of a vast metropolitan area, an understanding of<a href="B">/U</a> current issues in all districts is<a href="C">/U</a> not only desirous<a href="D">/U</a> but also vital.</li>
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<p>the answer is (D) but I thought that (A) should be changed to "to" since the sentence could be rewritten as "An understanding of current issues in all districts is not only desirous but also vital TO any mayor of a vast metropolitan area." Why would that be incorrect?</p>

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<p>1) Unlike the case with Andrea is wordy. Unlike Andrea is correct in explaining who was tired. The sentence is not comparing what happened but the two subjects of the sentence. Unlike Andrea, … I
2) was supposed to be (suppose must be in past tense)
3) parallel construction such … as not such … including
4) Subjunctive Tense because the sentence is hypothetical. Were she to be offered is the only one in the subjunctive tense.
5) had not become. The bridge became icy before the bus left.
6) Not exactly sure why A is wrong. Desirous should be desirable.</p>

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<p>@OP Are these from collegeboard?</p>

<p>@anyone else In 4, is the reason A is incorrect because it is overly wordy?</p>

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<p>It’s actually incorrect grammatically. “If he offered me a job, I would have to jump for joy.” Notice that that sentence is correct and uses the same “would have” format, but I said “If he offered me a job” instead of saying “If he would have offered me a job.” The tenses are screwed up in the question the OP posted.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have a certain method of picking out the tense mistakes such as number 5? That seems to be one of my only writing weaknesses right now.</p>

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<p>So an “if” can only be used with “would” if they are in the same clause?</p>

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<p>The sentence I posted, “If he offered me a job, I would have to jump to jump for joy” is correct and the would isn’t in the same clause as “if.” If you instead of clause you meant same sentence, then no. “If he offers me a job, I will have to jump for joy.” You just have to differentiate between the time periods that you’re talking about.</p>

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<p>^Thank you.</p>

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<p>@bio1995, what do you mean by “parallel construction such … as not such … including”? could you give me an example please?</p>