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Belly Posted 18 years ago
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1)How can we correct the sentence:
1)How can we correct the sentence:
When the eggs hatch, the young turtles go off to take care of themselves, being that female turtles do not nurture their young
a) add "on the other hand" at the beginning
b) insert " as a result" at the bginning"
c) change the comma to semicolon
d) change "hatch" to "hatched"
e) change "being that"-> "because"
The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma
2) The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than either Europe or Latin America ( the underscore is a wrong phrase)
Can we replace the underscored phrase with "either in Europe or Latin Am" or " in either Europe or Latin Am"?
3) On my preparing for exam, I came up with this sentence:
Spot the error:
Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength. No error
The answer was C ( as the book says) but here is its explanation:
"Does the subordinate clause fit within the context of the sentenc? ( A) uses the correct verb tense and the verb agrees w/ subject Kelly. (B) shows the correct feminine sing. pronoun, referring to Kelly (C) shows the correct infi. form of the verb mediate.
So what is the answer?????
4) here is part of a math question I couldn't find out why:
Which is the graph of y= -(x-2)2 (2 outside the bracket means square)?
Graphs drawn below.
And here was the solution:
If f(x) = -x2 , the given equation, y= -(x-2)2, represents f(x-2)
How come they got the last line?
When the eggs hatch, the young turtles go off to take care of themselves, being that female turtles do not nurture their young
a) add "on the other hand" at the beginning
b) insert " as a result" at the bginning"
c) change the comma to semicolon
d) change "hatch" to "hatched"
e) change "being that"-> "because"
The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma
2) The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than either Europe or Latin America ( the underscore is a wrong phrase)
Can we replace the underscored phrase with "either in Europe or Latin Am" or " in either Europe or Latin Am"?
3) On my preparing for exam, I came up with this sentence:
Spot the error:
Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength. No error
The answer was C ( as the book says) but here is its explanation:
"Does the subordinate clause fit within the context of the sentenc? ( A) uses the correct verb tense and the verb agrees w/ subject Kelly. (B) shows the correct feminine sing. pronoun, referring to Kelly (C) shows the correct infi. form of the verb mediate.
So what is the answer?????
4) here is part of a math question I couldn't find out why:
Which is the graph of y= -(x-2)2 (2 outside the bracket means square)?
Graphs drawn below.
And here was the solution:
If f(x) = -x2 , the given equation, y= -(x-2)2, represents f(x-2)
How come they got the last line?
Top answer
1) The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma- - A comma can appear after because if the clause is less restrictive. -- I'd use the latter, but something is fishy about your underlining.
- 1) The answer was e.
- But I have never seen a "because" after comma- - A comma can appear after because if the clause is less restrictive.
- -- I'd use the latter, but something is fishy about your underlining.
- 3) On my preparing for exam, I came up with this sentence: Spot the error: Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength.
- No error The answer was C ( as the book says) but here is its explanation: "Does the subordinate clause fit within the context of the sentenc?
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The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma-- A comma can appear after because if the clause is less restrictive.
2) The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than either Europe or Latin America ( the underscore is a wrong phrase)
Can we replace the underscored phrase with "either in Europe or Latin Am"
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The answer was e. But I have never seen a "because" after comma-- A comma can appear after because if the clause is less restrictive.
2) The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than either Europe or Latin America ( the underscore is a wrong phrase)
Can we replace the underscored phrase with "either in Europe or Latin Am"
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I was hoping that you would try to figure that out yourself first.
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I was hoping that you would try to figure that out yourself first.
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You are on the right track, but I think that the intention is:
Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes rather than any of her other strengths.
Another possibility:
Kelly is prouder of her own abilities to mediate disputes than any of her other stren
You are on the right track, but I think that the intention is:
Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes rather than any of her other strengths.
Another possibility:
Kelly is prouder of her own abilities to mediate disputes than any of her other stren
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