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MaverickK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction - American civil war

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00Please look at the following sentence.Only one of the 5 options is correct.I can not understand which one is correct and why the remaining are incorrect.Please help.02br
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00In one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, four times as many 01u00Americans were killed as 02u00would later be killed on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.02br
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00(A) Americans were killed as02br
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00(B) Americans were killed than02br
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00(C) Americans were killed than those who02br
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00(D) more Americans were killed as there02br
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00(E) more Americans were killed as those who0-
  

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0 Hi MaverickK02br 00This is an easy one. This involves elementary grammar. 01i 00As many02i 00 can only be followed by another 01i 00as: I have 01b 00as02b 00 many friends 01b 00as02b 00 you.

  • 0 Hi MaverickK02br 00This is an easy one.
  • This involves elementary grammar.
  • 01i 00As many02i 00 can only be followed by another 01i 00as: I have 01b 00as02b 00 many friends 01b 00as02b 00 you.
  • I am 01b 00as02b 00 old 01b 00as02b 00 you.
  • He is 01b 00as02b 00 intelligent 01b 00as02b 00 you.
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0 Hi MaverickK02br
00This is an easy one. This involves elementary grammar. 01i00As many02i00 can only be followed by another 01i00as: I have 01b00as02b00 many friends 01b00as02b00 you. I am 01b00as02b00 old 01b00as02b00 you. He is 01b00as02b
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0thanks Cool Breeze0-
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0There is one more sentence correction.Please explain why C is correct and the others are incorrect.02br
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00In presenting his 01i00modus vivendi 02i00proposal, Lansing implied that the American government accepted the German view that armed merchant vessels were warships: however, 01u00when the proposal was dropped by the Wilson administr

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