writing secton on practice test #1 on new bb is starting to **** me off ..

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<p>3) Several of the forest fires that occured last summer which were because people are careless.</p>

<p>B) were cause by human carelessness
E) happened from people being careless</p>

<p>Why can't E be the answer? Oh my god ... I swear I was going to choose B but I went with E cuz B sounded awkward but nah .. help me out here</p>

<p>24) The derelict old house across from the warehouses and the even more decrepit one just beside them have been placed on the list of historic landmarks. No Error</p>

<p>The answer is No Error but how is C correct? Shouldn't it mean plural? So, just besides? Who says one beside them? It's one BESIDES them .... why is it correct as it is?</p>

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<p>Did it say cause, or caused?</p>

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<p>3) I don’t think there’s anything grammatically incorrect with E… just a wordiness/awkwardness issue. It’s just not the way we express causality. [I’m assuming “cause” should be “caused.”]</p>

<p>24) Beside/besides are neither singular nor plural; they’re prepositions. Beside means next to; besides means in addition to.</p>

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<p>“beside” is like saying “on the side of” you don’t say “on the sides” because there’s only one side…as in “next to”</p>

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<p>“happened from people being careless”</p>

<p>Answer E is grammatically incorrect; it can’t be the correct choice. “people” needs to be in the possessive case.</p>