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<li>Despite the attorney’s moving plea, the judge placed the juvenile offender on probation for an indecisive period. No error</li>
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<p>Answer: D. indecisive</p>

<li>Until just recently many students would take lengthy trips during the spring break rather than temporary jobs like now.</li>
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<p>A. break rather than temporary jobs like now
B. break instead of temporary jobs like now
C. break; now they take temporary jobs
D. break; instead, students are taking temporary jobs
E. break, but now it is temporary jobs</p>

<p>Answer: E</p>

<li>In Death of a Salesman Willy Loman mistakenly believes that his sons have no flaws, believing which leads to many problems for the entire family.</li>
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<p>A. believing which leads
B. a belief that leads
C. and which is to lead
D. the belief of which leads
E. his believing this leads</p>

<p>Answer: B</p>

<li>Chop suey originated in the United Sates, and many people assume that it was China.</li>
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<p>A. and many people assume that it was
B. many people assuming
C. not, as many people assume, in
D. not what many people assume being
E. but many people assume it to be</p>

<p>Answer: C</p>

<li>The candidate called for medical insurance reform, but to me he seemed less interested in the plight of uninsured citizens than in whether enough is registered to vote. No error</li>
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<p>Answer: C. enough is</p>

<li>Although researchers have created machines that seem to think for themselves, none of the researchers has proven the originality of their ideas. No error</li>
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<p>Answer: D. of their ideas</p>

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<p>...
Thanks?</p>

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<p>Oh... I mean why are these the answers?</p>

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<li>diction, should be undecided.</li>
<li>the answer is C, you copied it wrong. the "it" in E doesn't refer to anything particular.</li>
<li>a belief leads to things, a "believing" doesn't</li>
<li>"in" the United States should be followed by "in" China</li>
<li>The sentence is about whether enough citizens are registered to vote, not whether plights vote.</li>
<li>"their" is ambiguous and could refer to either the researchers or the machines</li>
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<li><p>indecisive means . mm like u dk how to make a decision; like not cutting into the heart matter. somethin like that.
undecided is a good word,i had that in mind too,but few weeks ago,when i did this prob, cb suggested " indefinite", i guess ..its cb, its stupid =]</p></li>
<li><p>E is wrong because "assume in to be" , should be " assume it originated", so C is an alternative,idk how u guys call it, dependent clause? phrase? lol</p></li>
<li><p>none of.. has proven... his/her idea.</p></li>
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<p>question: None goes both ways? both plural and singular?
Or just singular?!</p>

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<p>I think it's singular.</p>

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<p>^None is either singular or plural. Depends on modifier</p>

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But for the first one, indecisive can also mean vague.

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The singularity/plurality of “none” is not tested on the SAT. Ever.