SC Flashcards

1
Q

the argument centers ___

A

ON (not around)

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2
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The directions on the medication recommend that you should take the pills with food and water at bedtime.

A

recommend that you should = redundant

recommend that = OK

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3
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that clauses

A

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

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4
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one of those rare companies that have/has

A

HAVE!

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5
Q

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

A

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

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6
Q

Mistake X __ Y

A

Mistake X for Y

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7
Q

the book revealed ______

A

that

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8
Q

preferred numerically equivalence

A

“as many as”

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9
Q

Agree

A
  • with another person

agree to or upon something inanimate

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10
Q

When in doubt look for ___

A

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

Logic and concise!

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11
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Just as

A

in the same way that

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12
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“whether” vs “If”

A
  • whether = alternatives

- if = hypotheticals

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13
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rather than

A

express preference

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14
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Due to

A

caused by

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15
Q

Word Trap

A

people ARE stupid

politics IS ridic

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16
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Quantity Words

A
  • Countable: few, number, many

- Non-countable: less, amount, much

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17
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between

18
Q

so… as to

A

so ADJ as to VERB

so extreme as to threaten

19
Q

None / no one

20
Q

Compare to/with

A

compare “to” unlike things

compare “with” like things

21
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concerned

A
for = worried
with = related to
22
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Likely

23
Q

Idiom

A

same to X as to Y

24
Q

Greater than / more than

A

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

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Rates
For
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That/Those
That = singular / Those = plural
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One of the persons who
bake (PLURAL)
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Only one of the employees who
puts effort in (SINGULAR)
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Deciding
that
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Just as...
JUST as gills are to fish, SO lungs are to humans
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Forbid ___
to do
32
Prohibit ___
from
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Each
usually singular
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So... as to be
so ADJ as to be ADJ
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Not X
, but rather Y
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Might
past tense
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May
present tense "She may arrive this evening"
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Them
can't be used as subject
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that
can't modify people
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such that
wrong!! such .. words.. that (PROBABLY WRONG!)