<p>1 - No one but a fool would readily lend money to a person who is known to be a frequent gambler.
Answer is No Error
but why there is no tense shift case, from the past " would " to the present " is known " ?</p>
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<li>The security office recommends that, when asked to provide a computer password, DO NOT CHOOSE any string of letters that can be found in a dictionary.</li>
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<p>c. not choosing
d. you not choose.</p>
<p>i chose c, ans: d</p>
<p>C isn’t a complete sentence. It has two dependent clauses.</p>
<p>D is correct because it creates an Independent clause, creating a complete a sentence.</p>
<p>Was this an official practice question?</p>
<p>This question doesn’t seem like a college board question.</p>
<p>Dr. Sandford said that astronomers will [soon be able] to measure [distances between] the stars [with an accuracy] that ten years ago would [seem impossible]. [No error] The answer is [seem impossible], why?</p>
<p>Thanks. Here is another: <a href=“Italics”>Though</a>The Second World War(Italics), a book by by Sir Winston Churchill, was [respectively] received when it was [first published], it [is not] highly regarded by historians today. [No error] The answer here is “respectively”, but yet again, why is it the correct answer?</p>
<p>Just curious, @AverageFail are these official questions?</p>
<p>They’re PSAT (official practice test) questions. And I’ve found some explanations for these now… “Respectively” should be “Respectfully”. Stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>1)
(A) [During her] lifetime, M.S.Subbulakshmi was considered (B)[one of] India’s greatest singers, and the recordings ©<a href=“D”>she made</a>[has secured] her repuatation for future generations.</p>
<p>The answer is D, but should it be (have secured) or (secured)?</p>
<p>2)
(A) [Consisting of] sixty nine photographs she took (B)[of herself] posing in settings resembling ©[those of] old movies, the Untitled Film Stills series (D)[repelled] Cindy Sherman to artistic fame.</p>
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<li>I would use “have secured” because the reputation is ongoing, but I would not say that “secured” is definitively wrong. </li>
<li>“repelled” should be “propelled”</li>
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<p>Sam LIKED to read NOVELS, of WHICH he found mysteries ESPECIALLY gripping. NO ERROR</p>
<p>The answer is WHICH while I first put No Error. </p>
<p>Doing some research on relative pronouns, is it because the phrase “of which” isn’t acting like a true relative clause</p>
<p>Many /PIECES OF MUSIC/COMPOSED BY19th century musicians in Europe, IN PARTICULAR, religious pieces, were ADAPTATIONS of hymns sung in church. NO ERROR</p>
<p>Why is IN PARTICULAR ok–why not PARTICULARLY?</p>
<p>@or26029 so means like (therefore) and so that is like (in order that).‘so that’ only comes when there is a ‘reason’
you would have learned about the idiom the reason…that</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Particularly would also be fine, but so is in particular; they’re synonymous. You can’t fix something that’s not wrong.</p>
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<li>The term “singer-songwriter” (A)(refers to) a vocalist (B)(who composes) his or her own material, ©(as opposite from) a singer whose songs (D)(are written by) somebody else. (No error) </li>
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<p>The answer is D, but should it be (as opposed to) or (unlike)?</p>
<p>“as opposed to” (idiom)</p>
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<li>Themes of family and history figure prominently in Martin Espada’s (poetry, one poem tells of the journey of a father and son and their going) to Puerto Rico to search for their ancestor’s grave. </li>
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<p>I chose C) poetry, one of which tell of a father and son’s journey</p>
<p>But the answer is B) poetry; one poem tells of the journey of a father and son</p>
<p>What is wrong with C)? Why is B) a better choice? </p>
<p>C) also has the problem that “one of which” must come after a plural, and “poetry” is singular.</p>
<p>@Jor26029 @marvin100
I didn’t see those mistakes in choice C).
Thank you so much for pointing them out :)</p>
<p>Another question: </p>
<p>After 1986, trading on the London Stock Exchange (A. has been computerized) (B. to such) an (C. extent that) personal contact (D. between) buyers and sellers became unnecessary. </p>
<p>The answer is A. I don’t know why it is wrong. Isn’t present perfect ok in this sentence since it says ‘after 1986’? How can A be corrected?</p>