<li><p>First run in 1867 and still taking place every summer,
the Belmont Stakes, a horse race for thoroughbred
three-year-olds, was one of the oldest races in the
United States.
(A) was
(B) is
(C) were
(D) are
(E) has been</p></li>
<li><p>Societies acting through their governments make the
rules to state which acts are illegal, but although war is
the most violent of human activities, it has not been
declared illegal by any of the world’s governments or
their agencies.
(A) to state
(B) stating
(C) when they state
(D) that are stating
(E) where they state</p></li>
</ol>
<p>honestly i find these problems very argumentative.
tell me ur thoughts and reasonings.
thanks.</p>
<p>ps: suprisingly the sentence correction contains 6 verb tense problems. SIX!!! OMG wooohoo 1 to 29, missed 3. YAY</p>
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<li> E Kinda hard to explain...you just kinda have to "get it"...</li>
<li> B</li>
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<ol>
<li>I have the same question as simpleton92, why not B?</li>
<li>B</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm going to have to go with B for #1. </p>
<p>Inserting in E makes less sense while B fits perfectly.</p>
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<li>B</li>
<li>B</li>
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<p>10char</p>
<p>whoops, I didn't completely read the sentence lol.</p>
<p>yeah its B , B
but why doesn't 1 E and 2 A work? -.-
Societies ..make rules to state... makes perfect sense -.-</p>
<p>The sentence is simply describing what an event is, so B. </p>
<p>The societies aren't actually making rules so that they can state something, which is what A implies. B implies that the societies make rules, and these rules state something.</p>
<p>I know, the questions seem kind of ambiguous, but you'll begin to see what CB is looking for in different questions soon enough.</p>