Some Notes on Foundational SC Concepts
Some Notes on Foundational SC Concepts Can "known" standalone be a verb? No. “known” is the third form of the verb and thus cannot act as a verb without a helping verb. Can "knew" act as a verb-ed...
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Three Forms of a Verb
Three Forms of a Verb Every verb has three forms1. Simple Present Form2. Simple Past Form3. Past Participle Form For example, the three forms of know, eat, and drink are:1. Simple Present: know, eat,...
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Why may you not succeed in Sentence Correction?
Why may you not succeed in Sentence Correction? 1. The first reason you may not succeed in Sentence Correction is that you may not practice Sentence Structure (SS) enoughYou may think: “SS takes a lot...
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Caterpillars of all species produce
Question Caterpillars of all species produce an identical hormone called “juvenile hormone” that maintains feeding behavior. Only when a caterpillar has grown to the right size for pupation to take...
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Firms adopting “profit-related-pay” (PRP) contracts
Question Firms adopting “profit-related-pay” (PRP) contracts pay wages at levels that vary with the firm’s profits. In the metalworking industry last year, firms with PRP contracts in place showed...
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When officials in Tannersburg released
Question Which of the following most logically completes the argument?When officials in Tannersburg released their plan to widen the city’s main roads, environmentalists protested that widened roads...
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Since the deregulation of airlines
Question Since the deregulation of airlines, delays at the nation’s increasingly busy airports have increased by 25 percent. To combat this problem, more of the takeoff and landing slots at the...
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The higher the level of certain vitamins and minerals
Question The higher the level of certain vitamins and minerals in the bloodstream, the better a person’s lung function, as measured by the amount of air the person can expel in one second. The lung...
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Some Notes on Parallelism
Some Notes on Parallelism Common Mistakes Can different verb tenses be parallel? Yes Can different prepositions be parallel? Yes Can active voice and passive voice be parallel? Yes Can a verb and a...
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Some Notes on Modifiers
Some Notes on Modifiers Common Mistakes Believing that all verb-ed modifiers end with ‘ed’ Given the name ‘verb-ed’, I understand that it’s very natural to expect all of these modifiers to end with...
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