Writing questions

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<p>Jocelyn, my friend (since) junior high school, believes she is (more well suited) to a career in the sciences (than to) the business career her parents (have urged her) to pursue (no error). </p>

<p>Why is B the answer? Should it be "well-suited"? that would be just too picky for CB though...</p>

<p>(Only) by the afterglow of the sunset (could) the hikers find (their) path to the campsite at (so late) an hour. (no error)</p>

<p>Why is it no error? Is there not an error with "could"?
Could is the conditional tense, which can only be used with contrary to fact situations. But this is a FACTUAL situation. </p>

<p>These questions are from CB. And there's no problems with the spelling for any of these choices.</p>

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<p>try better suited</p>

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<p>When a one-word comparative alternative is available, use it: “better” can mean “more well.” Using a hyphen is not appropriate.</p>

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<p><a href=“Only”>quote</a> by the afterglow of the sunset (could) the hikers find (their) path to the campsite at (so late) an hour. (no error)</p>

<p>Why is it no error? Is there not an error with “could”?
Could is the conditional tense, which can only be used with contrary to fact situations. But this is a FACTUAL situation.

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<p>“could” is not restricted to the conditional tense; for example: “I could run before I lost my legs.”</p>

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<p>hmmmmm not sure</p>