Writing question. Please explain the grammar to me. Thank you in advance :)

Test Preparation
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  1. Among the most flavorful cuisines in the United States, (New Orleans has also become) one of the most popular. (A) New Orleans has also become (B) New Orleans has also become famous as (C) the cuisine of New Orleans is also (D) cuisines in New Orleans also have become (E) also the cuisine of New Orleans is

Anser is C but can’t it be B? why?
26. (Most of)A the (hypotheses that)B
Kepler developed

to explain physical forces were later rejected (as)C (inconsistent to)D Newtonian theory. (No error)E

Answer is D but I had picked C because I thought it should be (as they were). Is that wrong? Should it be being inconsistent with/to or something instead of inconsistent to?

  1. Intimacy, love, and marriage are three (different, if interrelated,) subjects. (A) different, if interrelated, subjects (B) interrelated subjects, being, however, different (C) different subjects, whereas they are interrelated (D) different subjects when interrelated (E) subjects that are different although being interrelated

Answer is A. Is there some sort of grammar I need to be familiar with (based on this question).

  1. The museum (is submitting)A proposals (to several)B foundations (in)C the hope (to gain)D funds to build a tropical butterfly conservatory. (No error)E

Answer is D. I think it should be of gaining, but I just want to know what to gain is wrong.

If you can help, I’ll forever be grateful :slight_smile:

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12 Ok - The first part (Among the most flavorful...) is a prepositional phrase where the object is cuisine. The second part of the sentence calls for a noun that fits with cuisine. B cannot be correct because New Orleans is a CITY. As written, the B prompt would say that New Orleans (the city) had become the most famous (the most famous what?). In order for the "New Orleans" to be referring to the cuisine of New Orleans, there would need to be an apostrophe (New Orleans').

  1. Inconsistent takes with, not to. "As they were" is not technically wrong, just a tad wordy, but it leaves you with the error in "inconsistent to."
  2. Nuance of usage. In "of gaining," gaining is a gerund. [Incidentally, that particular pattern - verb plus an infinitive - is correct in many Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, ex: Eu queria ganar.. (I wanted/hoped to earn...), so if by chance English is not your native language, this is one of the places where the grammar is different.] For this one, look up gerunds vs. infinitives.
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For 11, the wrong answers are awkward and wordy.

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Thank you so much :slight_smile:

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Comparison error–New Orleans is a city, not a “cuisine.”

No, rejected as [adjective] is fine. “Inconsistent with” is the correct idiom for (D).

“If” in this case means something like “but also.” Try to resist imagining idiom errors.

Yes, “in the hope of gaining.”