lawrencl

268. During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes that they can no longer afford monthly payments. (A) that they can (B) that they could © on which they can (D) because they can (E) for which they could

A - idiom 'not just....but' B - 'person, one who' sounds redundant... can drop the ',one' C - comparing a word to words D - comparing to Guatuma to king or priest is wrong E - ANSWER

idiom is 'not only... but also...' eliminate C B is gone because 'creating' is not parallel with 'were' 'able to transform' should be together therefore D is gone only E preserves parallelism; best answer E

The antecedent is the growth of the global economy so eliminate A and B. 'exceeded' is wrong so eliminate E had been vs has been; eliminate D 'has been' because it should be past perfect since it was from 10,000 yrs ago to 1950 best answer is C

'dependent' is wrong; eliminate D, B, and E I don't like 'both' because it speaks about 2 things, but size, climate, and altitude are 3; eliminate A best answer C

'where' refers to a location near the equator; eliminate D and E eliminate B because it sounds like ur comparing earth to other latitudes eliminate C because it sounds like ur talking about earth's surface instead of the equator Answer is A; also 'at other latitudes' speaks to a specific point instead of just plainly saying 'other'

'where' refers to a location near the equator; eliminate D and E eliminate B because it sounds like ur comparing earth to other latitudes eliminate C because it sounds like ur talking about earth's surface instead of the equator Answer is A; also 'at other latitudes' speaks to a specific point instead of just plainly saying 'other'

'were assigned' is past perfect tense 'river basin is' is present tense So the sentence speaks about Water Rights being assigned at a time water flow was above normal which results in droughts for the water basin. I eliminated 'so that' because 'river basin is' tells me that its still susceptible to droughts because the droughts are a consequence of high water flow. 'so that' makes it sound like Water Rights were assigned to create the droughts. eliminate B, C, D eliminate A because water flow is still high because it results in droughts River rights were assigned at the same time the river flow was high thus 'while' 'had... been' means the river still has high flow and as a 'consequence' it causes 'droughts' .... Answer E

Can anybody explain why "less than they did" is better than "lower than they were"? I got the part of "Employment costs = they", but I don't understand the logic for were vs did.

A. Even after Balzania began requiring surface mine operators to pay reclamation costs, coal mines in Balzania continued to be less expensive to operate than coal mines in almost any other country. (scope) B. In the twenty years since the regulations took effect, the use of coal as a fuel has declined from the level it was at in the previous twenty years. (use of fuel declining, this looks good) C. Mine operators have generally ceased surface mining in the mountainous areas of Balzania because reclamation costs per ton of coal produced are particularly high for mines in such areas. (scope) D. Even after Balzania began requiring surface mine operators to pay reclamation costs, surface mines continued to produce coal at a lower total cost than underground mines. (scope) E. As compared to twenty years ago, a greater percentage of the coal mined in Balzania today comes from surface mines. (this would mean an increase in reclamation since coal is reducing) IMO B

why is it not A

I solved this one by rearranging the sentence: A special ...price increase .... has brought the automobile company back.... from bankruptcy. all else have tense issues. IMO E

Answer A is out because the bite is singular and they is plural

'that' is not needed after allow and neither is 'for' so eliminate A D and C that is needed after so therefore answer E is best Also design is singular so allows is needed which eliminates A and B IMO E

The first part is a descriptive phrase to astronomers so eliminate A and B. C is out because will be to collide is bad E that is not needed IMO D