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Estellechen Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

SAT grammar

Hi teacher,

Which one is wrong?

As adults, male golden silk spiders live not in webs of their own making but rather in webs

A B C

made by female spiders. No error.

D E

The correct answer is E. I'm not sure whether B is right or not. Can you say live not? Shouldn't it be don't live in?

A powerful advocate to equal rights, Belva Lockwood was twice a candidate for President

A B

long the Nineteeth Amendment to the Constitution allowed women to vote. No error.

C D E

What is wrong with A? And how to correct it?
  

Top answer

'Live not' is an older, formal style of 'don't live'. A should be 'advocate of '.

  • 'Live not' is an older, formal style of 'don't live'.
  • A should be 'advocate of '.
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'Live not' is an older, formal style of 'don't live'.

A should be 'advocate of'.
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Not in ____ but in ______ is a correct phrase. Also, the sentence has parallelism, so this sentence has no errors.

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