Writing questions from BB

<p>Just to be clear, I already searched on the Consolidated List
Note: this is old BB not the new one(2nd edition with 10 practice test)</p>

<h1>5 on page 537</h1>

<p>American journalist Harriet Quimby, the first woman to pilot a plan across the English Channel, doing it just nine years after the Wright brother's first powered flight.</p>

<p>a. Harriet Quimby, the first woman to pilot a plane across the English, Channel doing it
b. Harriet Quimby the first woman who piloted a plane across the English Channel, and who did so
c. Harriet Quimby became the first woman to have piloted a plane across the English Channel, and did it
d. Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel, accomplishing this feat
e. Harriet Quimby was the first woman piloting a plane across the English Channel, the feat was accomplished</p>

<h1>13 on page 538</h1>

<p>The question of whether certain chemical fertilizers are a curse or are they a blessing is *still being * debated. No Error</p>

<h1>18 on page 539</h1>

<p>Just how critical an improved balance of trade is to a health economy has never been more clearer than it is now. No Error</p>

<p>P.S: Please provide your explanations
Thanks</p>

<p>5) D
“doing it” is redundant, but “accomplishing this feat” is not because it is detailed and non-repetitive
13) B
“whether” implies a choice: a curse or a blessing, not a curse or “are they a” blessing. it is not asking a question as in “are they a blessing?”</p>

<p>18) D
“clearer” already implies “more,” so it should be “more clear” or simply “clearer”</p>

<p>For number 5. A and B should immediately strike you as incorrect grammar.You must now pick between choices C,D, and E. C has a problem with the “,and” part because following a comma and a conjunction, there must be an independent clause which there clear is not in choice C. Now between choices D and E. E is wrong because there is a comma splice. Therefore the answer is D.</p>

<p>For the other questions, i think that crazybandit explained them thoroughly.</p>