<p>1) At a time (when) knowledge of the Maori warrior tradition (appears) on the brink (to vanish), the contemporary media publications in New Zealand are making a valiant (attempt) to preserve this cultural heritage</p>
<p>the correct answer is C (to vanish), why’s that ?</p>
<p>2) To claim that an advertisement persuades whomever (one) (wants it) to persuade is often (discounting) the intelligence and (even) the aptitude of the audience</p>
<p>the correct answer is C (discounting), explanation plz ?</p>
<p>Number 1, wrong use of idiom, “the brink” should be following by “of + gerund”</p>
<p>For number 2, I believe that a preposition is missing, in which “discounting” should be followed by “of”. If that’s not the case, then I’d highly predict to be an error of diction. Wait for others to give their opinions on this one.</p>
<p>2) To claim that an advertisement persuades whomever (one) (wants it) to persuade is often (discounting) the intelligence and (even) the aptitude of the audience</p>
<p>The first part of the sentence – through wants it … is correct. So let’s skip that part. The same is the case for the last part from “the intelligence and even through the end.”</p>
<p>So what we have is:</p>
<p>to persuade is often discounting</p>
<p>Think of similar constructs – such as “to tolerate is to love” or “to listen is to appreciate” etc. You need a parallel construct to match “to persuade”. That’s: “to persuade is to discount”. I dropped the “often” to make this more obvious.</p>