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MIA6 Posted 18 years ago
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finding error
1. I have discovered that the subways in are as clean as any other city I have visited.
A) as clean as those in any other city I have visited.
B) as clean as those in any city I visited.
I chose B, but the answer was A. What's the difference between "any other city" and "any city"? Does the latter one include New York itself as well?
2. He was the author whom I believed was most likely to receive the coveted award. No error. Which underlined part is the error?
I think there is no error, but answer key says the error is Whom? but why ? I think it's correct because whom here is the object ---> He was the author I believed <whom >was.... or it should be I believed <who> was?
THanks for help.
A) as clean as those in any other city I have visited.
B) as clean as those in any city I visited.
I chose B, but the answer was A. What's the difference between "any other city" and "any city"? Does the latter one include New York itself as well?
2. He was the author whom I believed was most likely to receive the coveted award. No error. Which underlined part is the error?
I think there is no error, but answer key says the error is Whom? but why ? I think it's correct because whom here is the object ---> He was the author I believed <whom >was.... or it should be I believed <who> was?
THanks for help.
Top answer
" If you say "cleaner than any city," that's logically impossible, because NY is included. It can't be cleaner than itself. " Edit.
- " If you say "cleaner than any city," that's logically impossible, because NY is included.
- It can't be cleaner than itself.
- " Edit.
- Woops!
- I just noticed that I screwed up number one.
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I think the trap in (1) is supposed to be that you need "other" when you use the comparative "cleaner than" but you don't need it in "as clean as."
If you say "cleaner than any city," that's logically impossible, because NY is included. It can't be cleaner than itself.
(2) is another common trap, because you want to treat "whom" as the direct object of "I believed." It's more c
If you say "cleaner than any city," that's logically impossible, because NY is included. It can't be cleaner than itself.
(2) is another common trap, because you want to treat "whom" as the direct object of "I believed." It's more c
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