A few writing questions...

thesmiths
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:02:55 +0000

p. 725 #23

Given her strong sense of social justice, Bruns vehemently protested over her party failure to support a tax decrease for senior citizens. No error

Answer: C (protested over). I was just wondering why?

p. 725 #24

The friendly competition between my older sister and I began as soon as we learned that our aunt had joked that she might write a will [c]leaving her house to me alone

I thought the answer was D, despite the right use of objective case. I know that in the objective case, you use “me”, but why not “I” IN this instance if “my older sister and I” is the subject??

p. 725 #29

Today a medican doctor must often make a choice between engaging in private practice or engaging in research.

Answer: D (or). Why?

p. 724 #16

In the early days* of the steam locomotive, compassionate engineers would sometimes have thrown coal overboad in poor neighborhoods.

Answer: C (have thrown)

I got this right, but I was wondering: In what instances do you use “have [verb]”?