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<p>Hello, I need some explanations for the answers to these writing questions. </p>

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<li>Legendary 19th century endurance rider Frank T. hopkins, who rode an American mustang to victory in a 3,000-mile race across the Arabian Desert, and the hero of the Disney movie Hidalgo.</li>
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<p>a. and
b. and who has become
c. also has become
d. is
e. having been</p>

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<li>immediately i crossed out A,B,E since they dont sound right. I put the answer as C but the answer was D. Explain</li>
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<li>Twice as many bird species inhabit Ecuador as in North America.</li>
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<p>a. as in
b. as inhabit
c. instead of in
d. when compared to
e. than</p>

<p>I put C. To be honest, I was truly unsure about this question and could only cross out b. Can you explain why all the answer choices do not work and y the answer is B?</p>

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<li>Ms. Kovak proudly displayed her research group's most ingenious invention, a vacuum cleaner that empties its own dust bag whenpressing a button. </li>
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<p>Why is the answer "pressing a button"? I put E.</p>

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<li>Traffic was heavy, so by the time Brianne finally arrived at the theater, we waited for her for an hour, missingthe entire first act of the play.</li>
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<p>Why is the answer B? I put C cause I thought it was a parallelism error but looking more closely I realize it is wrong...</p>

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<li>A volunteer organization, the Covington Soup Kitchen has been feeding needy families since 1977, annually distributing nearly a million pounds of food each year.</li>
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<p>why is the answer "each year". I put (A) but I realize that the subject was switched. </p>

<p>Thanks for the help. The questions are from the January 2005 test i think.</p>

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<p>For the first question, “who rode an American mustang to victory in a 3,000-mile race across the Arabian Desert” is just an adjective clause and therefore it should not take into account for the answer. Also, “is” is the correct singular verb modifying the subject, Frank. T. Hopkins.
11. This is more of a parallelism and idiomatic type of question. The idiom you have to know is “as…as” and the parallelism you want to maintain is “as…Ecuador…as…inhabit North America”</p>

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<li><p>The subject is not clear…Who is pressing the button? Pressing is a verb and therefore, a subject has to modify it…Is the vacuum Cleaner pressing the button? I think not.</p></li>
<li><p>This is a tough one…i got that wrong too…I think “waited” should be “had waited” but not really sure.</p></li>
<li><p>“each year” is redundant because earlier in the sentence, “annually” is already mentioned.</p></li>
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<p>fresh101’s solution for 26 is correct. Because so many things are going on at once, you need the “had waited” form of the verb to clarify the sentence with sequencing.</p>