Because his experience in the naval medical corps had been rewarding, Bob applied to medical school after he (was discharged) from the navy.
The answer is No Error, but shouldn’t the parenthetical phrase be changed to “HAD BEEN discharged” since it is with “after,” indicating a past perfect tense?
At which point does a phrase start to become parallel? For instance, in this correctly written sentence:
Just as many commuters would take the train as would take the bus.
The parallelism begins with the word “would”. But couldn’t it begin in other places such as “take” or “commuters”? Is there a rule?
Just as many commuters would take the train as take the bus.
Or
Just as many commuters would take the train as commuters would take the bus.
The availability of transportation had a dramatic impact on the lives of women, who had traditionally been less mobile.
Is the “who” referring to women or the lives of women?
If you cross out the nonessential prepositional phrase (of women), only the subject (lives) would remain, so isn’t it referring to the “lives”?
Developed for the european space agency in the 1990s, the rockets of the ariane 5 class *did not yet prove their* reliability as of 2003.
A) did not yet prove their
D) had not yet proved their
E) has not yet proven their
Why is the answer D?
Why is the answer not E? Shouldn’t the answer include “proven”? Shouldn’t the answer say “has” because “as of 2003” indicate present perfect?
With the 1957 publication of his novel, Jose *Donoso’s contribution was enormous* to the development of the modern Latin American novel.
Why is the original wrong? It uses less words.
Why is E) Donoso made an enormous contribution a better answer?
Some critics claim that diego velazquez, a master of technique and highly individual in style, had a greater influence on european art *compared to* any other painter.
D) than those of
E) than did
Why is the answer E? Isn’t the question comparing Diego’s INFLUENCE to the INFLUENCE of any other painters? If the answer includes “did”, then isn’t the sentence comparing INFLUENCE to ACTION?
Why is choice D wrong?
