<p>26.Opposite to most people i know, Annie, a good photographer herself , actually enjoys seeing the photographs that her friends take on their vacations. </p>
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<li><p>Not very particular in nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailboxes,building crevices-even in the pockets of hanging laundry.</p></li>
<li><p>At the reception were the chattering guests, the three-tiered cake, and the lively music that have become characteristic of many wedding celebrations.</p></li>
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<li><p>A. “Opposite” can’t be used to describe people, only locations and abstract things. Use unlike instead.</p></li>
<li><p>A. “particular in” should be “particular about.” The sentence is suggesting that house wrens are not very particular–not very fussy, selective, fastidious [hard to please], as in A person very particular about his food–ABOUT their nesting sites; that is to say, they may nest in “birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices,” etc. These birds are not very particular about where to nest.</p></li>
<li><p>E, No error. I assume the point of interest here is answer choice D, “characteristic of.” “characteristic” here is an adjective, and is similar to “typical”: That is very typical of you.</p></li>
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<p>Red and green are colors that are characteristic of Christmas time.</p>
<p>Colorful leaves, chilly weather, and hoodies are characteristic of autumn.</p>
<p>Of course you can use “characteristic” as a noun: These are several characteristics of autumn. But the adjectival form is different.</p>
<p>Try looking up *“are characteristic of”<a href=“with%20the%20quotation%20marks”>/i</a> on Google to see how the adjectival form is used.</p>
<p>wow thank you crazybandit. i think ive seen 29 somewhere too. id been wondering why D could not be the answer…</p>
<p>I don’t know but I think that in number 29 (D) should be characteristics because the subject is “the chattering guests, the three-tiered cake, and the lively music” which is plural !!</p>
<p>^ No, crazybandit and his explanation are correct.</p>
<p>thanks!!!</p>