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<p>Ok, I just had one (kind of two) writing questions. The first is this question:</p>

<p>In a recent year, more tourists from the United States visited museums in Great Britain than (Canada.)</p>

<p>A. Canada
B. Canada did
C. compared to Canada's
D. Canadian ones
E. in Canada</p>

<p>Correct Answer: E</p>

<p>Well, ok I understand that E corrects a potential faulty comparison. However, why isn't the "in" in the phrase "in Great Britain" implied the other end of the comparison. (I'm sorry if that was hard to understand = / )</p>

<p>The other question was:</p>

<p>The labor union (is negotiating) a contract with the hopsital (that) (will satisfy) the demands of the workers and (be acceptable to) all levels of management. (no error)</p>

<p>Correct: No error</p>

<p>My question here is basically the same as the question above. Why is the "Will" in the verb "will satisfy" implied in front of "be acceptable to?" </p>

<p>THANKS</p>

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<p>1st question: It's technically not grammatically correct to omit prepositions, verbs, etc. even though they may be implied. Either the complement of "in" is "Great Britain" or it's "Great Britain than Canada." In the first case, you're missing the second preposition, and the second case doesn't make any sense.</p>

<p>2nd question: This is really a different situation. The "will" is not implied. It's there, and it governs both verb phrases ("satisfy" and "be acceptable to"). The complement of "will" is "satisfy the demands of the workers and be acceptable to all levels of management".</p>

<p>The reason that "will" modifies everything that follows while "in" doesn't is that "and" is a conjunction while "than" is not.</p>