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Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerl was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A).Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerl was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win B).She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerl in 1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won C).Selma Legerl was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and in 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writer winning D).A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerl became in 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win E).As a novelist, Selma Lagerl turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won

The OA is D

Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee. A. Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people B. As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile phones became increasingly common, many people C. In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile phones have become increasingly common, there are many people D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are E. While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are

The answer I got is E.

A scrub jay can remember when it cached a particular piece of food in a particular place, researchers have discovered, and tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if stored long enough to have rotted. (A)tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if (B)they tend not to bother recovering a perishable treat ©tending not to bother to recover a perishable treat it (D)tends not to bother recovering a perishable treat (E)tends not bothering to recover a perishable treat it The reference answer is D, but I dont think that "tends" is correct. I feel this question is incorrect.

In the sixteenth century, the push for greater precision in measuring time was not, like more recently, motivated by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, but the practical matters of navigation :sailors simply needed more highly accurate timepieces in order to compute their longitude from the positions of the stars. (A) not, like more recently, motivated by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, but the practical matters of navigation (B)being motivated by the practical matters of navigation, instead of complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as it has been recently ©motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, like they were more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation (D)motivated by the practical matters of navigation, not complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, which was the case more recently (E) motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as has been the case more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation

still need more discuss

I agree with GmatGnat.

The reference answer is D. I choose B at my first time. Now, agree with D.

Unlike that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame¡¦s innovative study relies not on the records of White slave owners but on the records of the salves themselves, especially the 70 or so autobiographies and memoirs that have been preserved. A. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame¡¦s B. that of earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his C. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his D. earlier works on slavery, Blassingame¡¦s E. the earlier works on slavery, Blassingame in his

The normative model of strategic decision-making suggests that executives examine a firm¡¦s external environment and internal conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide on a strategy. A.conditions, and in using the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, can decide B.conditions, and they use the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses in deciding C.conditions and, in using the set of objective criteria derived form these analyses, deciding D.conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide E.conditions and, in their use of the set of objective criteria they derive from these analyses, they decided

I choose E too, but the reference answer is C. any other suggestions?

As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury. A.As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing B.As the heavily barbed singer of the honey bee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes C.The honeybee's stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes D.The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing E.The honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes

This question is from GAMT old paper test. I am sorry that I do not have the OA either.

I am confused with when should I use "not only but also". In A, the attitude of the sentence is not only positive but also negative. I do not know if this usage is correct.