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<li>Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers,
a. so Finland has provided a large number of famous architects.
b. Finland provides famous architects, and by large numbers. </li>
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<p>Why do you need <so> in front of Finland?</so></p>

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<li>Because the flood has made the bridge inaccessible to automobiles, <we had="" rented=""> a small boat.</we></li>
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<p>Why is that tense wrong?</p>

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<li><comparing the="" number="" of="" alligators="" and="" gila="" monster,="" we="" see="" that="" are=""> in decline.
a. A comparison over time of the numbers of alligators and Gila monsters shows that alligators are in decline. </comparing></li>
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<p>Why is "a" a better answer?</p>

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<li><p>why is it "already made acute and not already made acuter"</p></li>
<li><p>Some of the workers who resent the supervisor's authority would probably feel uncomfortable if they were to acquire teh independence that <they demand=""></they></p></li>
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<p>Why shouldn't it be demanded?</p>

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<li>High school graduates usually do not end up earning as much income as college graduates do, <explaining why="" so="" many="" high="" school="" students=""> go on to pursue college degrees.
a. ; this fact explains why so many high school students<br></explaining></li>
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<p>Why does it have to be a?</p>

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<li>The department of transportation has introduced signs because drivers can react to this <more quickly=""> than that. Why is that wrong?</more></li>
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<p>bumpp. even i wanna know the explanations :)</p>

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<li>“just as… so” is an idiomatic phrase. it is correct.</li>
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<p>Because the flood has made the bridge inaccessible to automobiles, <we had=“” rented=“”> a small boat.</we></p>

<p>has made -> just happened . you need a future tense to “rent” the boat</p>

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<li> The first clause “Because the flood has made the bridge inaccessible to automobiles” is in the present perfect. the next part, “we had rented a small boat” is in the past perfect. That does not make logical sense.<br>
Consider the sentence “The game has started, so I had watched it.” You watched it in the past? But it is occurring in the present.</li>
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<li> The rest of the sentence is in the present tense, why should the last be in the past tense?</li>
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<p>Partipicial phrases generally modify the subject of the clause to which they are attached. High school graduates don’t do the explaining.</p>

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<p>Alligators are not in decline; the number of alligators is.</p>

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</more></p>

<p>The demonstrative pronouns “this” and “that” have no referrents.</p>

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<p>What’s the question?</p>

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<p>Hey guys, I have a quick question:
"Because our casserole was smelling [suprisingly badly] as it baked, the food science teacher came over to ask [us what] we [had put] [in it].
The answer is A. If the sentence were corrected what would A be modified to be?</p>

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<p>“badly” should be “bad.”</p>

<p>Adverbs modify verbs. “badly” is an adverb; it therefore modifies “smelling.” The sentence means that the casserole didn’t smell well, which is illogical.</p>

<p>Adjectives generally modify nouns. “bad” is an adjective, but it doesn’t exactly modify “casserole”; rather, it completes the verb phrase begun by “smelling.” “bad” would be a predicate adjective here. The sentence in this form means that the casserole smelled bad, which is logical.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I have another question:
"The regularly scheduled conference between [my tutor and me] is set for Friday, but my low grades in Chemistry [requires] me to arrance an earlier meeting.</p>

<p>I know the answer is the second choice. But “my tutor and me” sounded odd. I always have problems with the “him, her, she, me, I”. How do you know which ones to use?</p>

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<p>Answer is “require” because low grades are plural.</p>

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<p>The way I remember the “him, her, she, me I” things is by taking out the ‘my tutor’ bit and seeing if it sounds right</p>

<p>ex. [Me and my friend] went out for dinner.</p>

<p>If you take out “and my friend”, the sentence reads: Me went out for dinner.
You would sound like a caveman. Plus it’s wrong.</p>

<p>It should be: I went out for dinner.</p>

<p>So then you add “my friend and” back into the sentence and voila.
It reads: My friend and I went out for dinner
Plus it’s right</p>

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<p>Well thats what I did initially. “Me” sounded even more incorrect. “Me set up for friday.”
Then I replaced “I” so it goes “I set up for friday”. Unfortunately, that’s wrong. Using “me” is the correct word. So I’m confused.</p>

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<p>Going by ear is not a consistent method of ensuring correctness.</p>

<p>If the pronoun is serving as the subject of a verb, use the nominative case (e.g., “I,” “he,” “she,” “they”). Otherwise, use the objective case (e.g., “me,” “him,” “her,” “them”).</p>

<p>In “The regularly scheduled conference between [my tutor and me] is set for Friday,” “me” is not the subject of a verb.</p>

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<p>What is a “subject of a verb”? Can you give me examples? Thanks.</p>

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<p>i have a quick Q, which is corret:
it is me who my parents love the most
it is I who my parents love the most
it is me whom my parents love the most
it is I whom my parents love the most</p>

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<p>In order to find the subject, first locate the verb. Then ask yourself: What is doing this verb? Example:</p>

<p>“Bob is eating an apple.” Who’s eating an apple? Bob is.</p>