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Question 1

the argument centers ___

Answer 1

ON (not around)

Question 2

The directions on the medication recommend that you should take the pills with food and water at bedtime.

Answer 2

recommend that you should = redundant

recommend that = OK

Question 3

that clauses

Answer 3

don’t treat like which clauses (i.e. John held parties for his kids that featured clowns, …. = OK)

Question 4

one of those rare companies that have/has

Answer 4

HAVE!

Question 5

Software X crashes more often than does Software J (correct/incorrect?)

Answer 5

Correct!! more often than Software J would be wrong!)

Question 6

Mistake X __ Y

Answer 6

Mistake X for Y

Question 7

the book revealed ______

Answer 7

that

Question 8

preferred numerically equivalence

Answer 8

“as many as”

Question 9

Agree

Answer 9

• with another person

agree to or upon something inanimate

Question 10

When in doubt look for ___

Answer 10

S-V / PARALLELISM! (no really…) / Verb Form

Logic and concise!

Question 11

Just as

Answer 11

in the same way that

Question 12

“whether” vs “If”

Answer 12

• whether = alternatives

- if = hypotheticals

Question 13

rather than

Answer 13

express preference

Question 14

Due to

Answer 14

caused by

Question 15

Word Trap

Answer 15

people ARE stupid

politics IS ridic

Question 16

Quantity Words

Answer 16

• Countable: few, number, many

- Non-countable: less, amount, much

Question 17

between

Answer 17

AND

Question 18

so… as to

Answer 18

so ADJ as to VERB

so extreme as to threaten

Question 19

None / no one

Answer 19

singular

Question 20

Compare to/with

Answer 20

compare “to” unlike things

compare “with” like things

Question 21

concerned

Answer 21

for = worried
with = related to

Question 22

Likely

Answer 22

to be

Question 23

Idiom

Answer 23

same to X as to Y

Question 24

Greater than / more than

Answer 24

greater than (countable) more than (describing numbers; i.e. more than 100 fish)

Question 25

Rates

Answer 25

For

Question 26

That/Those

Answer 26

That = singular / Those = plural

Question 27

One of the persons who

Answer 27

bake (PLURAL)

Question 28

Only one of the employees who

Answer 28

puts effort in (SINGULAR)

Question 29

Deciding

Answer 29

that

Question 30

Just as…

Answer 30

JUST as gills are to fish, SO lungs are to humans

Question 31

Forbid ___

Answer 31

to do

Question 32

Prohibit ___

Answer 32

from

Question 33

Each

Answer 33

usually singular

Question 34

So… as to be

Answer 34

so ADJ as to be ADJ

Question 35

Not X

Answer 35

, but rather Y

Question 36

Might

Answer 36

past tense

Question 37

May

Answer 37

present tense “She may arrive this evening”

Question 38

Them

Answer 38

can’t be used as subject

Question 39

that

Answer 39

can’t modify people

Question 40

such that

Answer 40

wrong!! such .. words.. that (PROBABLY WRONG!)