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<p>1)Although Carl Stamitz never composed a true masterpiece, (his music merits greater recognition than it has so far recieved.)</p>

<p>A.(his music merits greater recognition than it has so far recieved.)
C.(his music merits to recieve greater recognition than it so far has.)</p>

<p>why the answer isn't C</p>

<p>2)Singer quickly patented the sewing machine he had (invented to ensure that he will profit) from its commercial success.</p>

<p>A. (invented to ensure that he will profit)
E.(invented, ensuring that he would profit)</p>

<p>Why A is wrong</p>

<p>3)A(Despite receiving) praise B(for) its special effects, the movie was criticized because its characters were so weak as c(being) D(scarcely) believable. E(no error)</p>

<p>the answer is C, but what should replace being</p>

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<p>@Heromanz and SATvicki
Thank u, but I didn’t get number 1, could someone help</p>

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<h1>1 choice C switches tenses throughout the sentence while A remains consistant</h1>

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<p>those are others from may 2008 sunday test</p>

<ol>
<li>Yawning is nearly universal among mammals, but birds, reptiles, and even fish also yawn, (perhaps for some of the same reasons) that mammals do.</li>
</ol>

<p>the sentence doesn’t make sense to me, what does “do” stand for? I mean “mammals do” what?</p>

<ol>
<li>In the past, children were content to entertain themselves with kitchen pots and balls of (twine rather than high-priced electronic toys).
a twine rather than high-priced electronic toys
b. twine,not the high-priced electronic toys now
c. twine; now they want high-priced electronic toys</li>
</ol>

<p>the answer is c, but why a and b are wrong?</p>

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<ol>
<li>do = yawn
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a - states that in the past children preferred twine to high-priced electronics, but high-priced electronics didn’t even exist then so its changing the meaning of the sentence
b. makes no sense no matter how you look at it.
c. best answer</li>
</ol>

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<p>@thenaga
Thanks :)</p>

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For nbr 3
First of all as being is not standard english
It must be so weak that it is scarcely visible

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For the second one
Notice the phrase had invented so u can use will profit

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In English, most verbs can be followed by a noun/gerund or an infinitive, but not both.
The verb “to merit” takes a noun not an infinitive.
Correct: He merits recognition. (merits + noun).
Incorrect: He merits to receive more recognition (merits + infinitive)

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In English, we invert the subject and the verb when we form a question. “Why isn’t the answer C?” and “Why is A wrong?”

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someone please explain question2

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A is wrong because the sentence is in the past tense and “will” is in the future tense. For “past future” you need “would.” @hardwork213

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thanks

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Yr welcome–good luck!