<li><p>Five years in writing, her new book is both a response to her critics’ mistrust of her earlier findings and an elaboration of her original thesis.
Mistrust of . is correct right?</p></li>
<li><p>Until recently, most people entering politics feel that loss of privacy was a fair price to pay for the chance to participate in policy making.
does the phrase " until recently " indicate that the sentence is past tense? or is it because of “…was a fair price”. what about lately?</p></li>
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<p>heres a simple one,but i find it argumentative.
3. The Amazon River carries more water than the water carried in any of the world’s other rivers.
A. as it is
B. the water elsewhere in the world’s rivers
C. any other rivers in the world
D. all rivers in the world
E. any of the world’s rivers elsewhere
Ok, my first instinct was C,because it’s so "sat"like answer. yeah so obvious. but then i think a lil more,
the sentence is saying The Am River carries more water than the Am River carries other rivers in the world. that’s freakin faulty. Amazon rivers carries compared to “any other rivers” , no verb?! if it has the word did before any ,on choice C,it’s perfect. but no verb T_T someone help me on this.</p>
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<li><p>Yes I believe that’s correct.</p></li>
<li><p>Until recently indicates past tense. Lately is awkward; you wouldn’t see that show up</p></li>
<li><p>Why does it need a verb? What’s your rule? Putting did before C would make the sentence incorrect.</p></li>
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<li>umm…lol your explanation confused me so im just going to say my 2 cents for (c)</li>
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<p>The Amazon River versus a, b, c, d, or e…
The Amazon River versus the water carried in any…
The Amazon River versus the water elsewhere in…
The Amazon River versus any other river…
The Amazon River versus all rivers in…
The Amazon Rivre versus any of the world’s…</p>
<p>From there you can choose between the two “river” phrases. Then, well…D sounds stupid…idk exactly why. Maybe because it sounds too me against the world. The Amazon definitely does not win over EVERY OTHER RIVER combined.
The Amazon River versus</p>
<p>to post #2
oops, since its carries, do should be the one im looking for.
Tom drinks more water than Tim.</p>
<p>what i interpret, the sentence is saying Tom drinks more water than Tom drinks Tim.
so it’s better: Tom drinks more water than does Tim.
Tom drinks more water than beer.
This is OK to me.</p>
<p>so thats my reasoning.
can someone clarify =)
thanks</p>
<p>@bsDBer, yeah D is like faulty logic, Am Riv cant carry more than ALL. so u’re right on this. im just mad at C.</p>
<p>Tom drinks more water than Tim does. The does at the end is unnecessary though. You are allowed to remove it. Putting the does where you put it is still correct, but it sounds slightly awkward. The verb should come after then the subject. But since the verbs being compared are the same (drinking) the second one is superfluous and therefore you do not need the word does.</p>
<p>And the C is wrong as well. The word rivers should not be plural. But otherwise, C is the correct answer.</p>
<p>oh, so the verb in this case can be removed because it doesn’t result in any confusions right?</p>
<p>oops, my mistake on the any other river in the world, < that one is correct. typo =S</p>