<p>10.When she was young, Erica thought she will become a doctor, but now that she is an adult she is happy with her career teaching.
A,B,D Eliminated because of obvious grammatical mistakes</p>
<p>(C) Erica thought she would become a doctor when she was young, but she is happy as an adult being a teacher.
(E) When she was young, Erica thought she would become a doctor, but now that she is an adult, she is happy with her career as a teacher.</p>
<p>Which one? They both sound correct and equally stylistically pleasing when I read them.</p>
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<li>Because it is not as easily visible and because it accumulates as ice, (freezing rain on roads is as dangerous, if not more dangerous than, snow-covered ones).
(A) (D) (E) eliminated because of obvious grammatical mistakes
(B) rain that freezes on roads is as dangerous as, if not more dangerous than, roads covered in snow
(C) freezing rain on roads is as dangerous as, if not more dangerous than, snow on them</li>
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<p>can you explain your thinking?
you got one of them incorrect unfortunately, but I’d like to hear your explanations for both before I tell you which one it is.</p>
<p>For Question 10, I eliminated (C) because the “when she was young” part is ambiguous. (Did she think she would be a doctor at a young age, or was she hoping to become one later?) I would also eliminate it because it includes the word “being”, which is one of those signposts for a wrong answer.</p>
<p>For Question 11, I eliminated (C) because “freezing rain” is ambiguous (Do they mean cold rain, or rain that freezes the road?), and “on them” is also ambiguous. (On what? The rain or the road?)</p>
<p>For number 10, I’d go with E. Potential explanations: In answer C, the phrase “when she was young” feels a bit redundant/clunky after the verb “thought.” I think there also might be something problematic with the phrase “being a teacher” at the end of answer C— it makes the sentence a bit clunky and the phrasing of “adult being a teacher” is a bit more awkward. For me, at least, E sounds more natural.</p>
<p>For number 11, I’d say the answer is definitely C. In option B, it’s comparing the “rain that freezes on roads” with “roads covered in snow” i.e. freezing rain vs. roads rather than freezing rain vs. snow. In option C, it’s comparing “freezing rain on roads” with “snow on them” (the roads), which makes more sense in terms of comparison.</p>
<p>For #10, choice (C) “but she is happy as an adult being a teacher” just makes the sentence sound awkward. (E) is much more clear.</p>
<p>For #11, I would have to agree that (B) is correct. The sentence says, “Because it is not as easily visible and because it accumulates as ice” it is referencing the freezing rain. But, do you think “freezing rain on roads” seems better than “rain that freezes on roads?” The “snow on them” part of choice (C) is not as specific as choice (B) because (B) specifies the road with “roads covered in snow.” (B) has a parallel structure since it compares “roads” to “roads,” rather than (C)'s “roads” to “them.”</p>