Consolidated Writing Questions (Need help)

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Thu, 31 May 2012 16:55:55 +0000

The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist teacher and healer Machig Labdron is known around the world for the meditation techniques she perfected; those involve ritual instruments and songs.


Ans : she perfected, which involve

Confusion : I thought which cannot be used because it is referring to perfected.


A hypochondriac is when you have a tendency to complain about ailments that are largely imagined.


Ans : Error in “When you have”

Confusion : Why is that wrong???


The ancient manuscript was a valuable find, even though the writing was difficult to decipher and the paper had begun to disintegrate.


Ans : no error

Confusion : i thought “had begun” does not match the parallelism with “was difficult”


In the Bay of Fundy the rising tide produces an inward surge so powerful that it actually reverses the normal flows of several rivers.


Ans : An inward surge so powerful (same)

Confusion : is that same as “an inward surge that is so powerful” ?


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, whose romance he celebrated in the narrative poem.


Ans : correct as it is

Confusion : there is a verb in “whose romance he celebrated”, so doesn’t it have to be “for whose”?


It appears that either Jane or Marek will be elected for president of student union.


Ans : president

Confusion : i thought “elected for president” is also right.


The island of Madagascar is the habitat of more than 200,000 species of plants and animals, many found nowhere else on planet.


Ans : correct as it is

Confusion : can you elaborate the hidden words in that sentence? like “animals, many of which were found no where”


An iceberg is produced when a glacier meets the sea, the thickness of the iceberg depending initially at least, on the thickness of the part of the glacier from which it broke off.


Ans : correct as it is

Confusion : can you elaborate the hidden words in that sentence? like “, thickness of the iceberg which is depending initially at least”