sweetkitty Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 :blush: I need your help very much for these sentences. Marryland, even though a southern state, remained loyalty to the Union during the Civil War. :eek: Today I am very confuse with the answer of my TOEFL exercise because it tells only what is incorrect but it does not tell what is the right sentences. Anybody help me again ? 1.During early nineteenth century, the building of canals and railroads strengthened the state of Indiana's links with the eastern United States. 2.Sarah Vaughan had a voice like a perfect instrument, and it was an instrument that she knew how to use it with the utmost skill. 3.Massachusetts was first explored in the late sixteenh and early seventeenth centuries, and the first permanent settlement at Plymouth in 1620. 4.Plants require much less moist in cold weather than in warm weather. Thank you very much Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xizzhu Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 my two cents: :blush: I need your help very much for these sentences. Marryland, even though a southern state, remained loyalty to the Union during the Civil War. even though/conj. -------> even/adv, OR crossing out "even though", we don't need any conjunction there. 1.During the early nineteenth century, the building of canals and railroads strengthened the state of Indiana's links with the eastern United States. 2.Sarah Vaughan had a voice like a perfect instrument, and it was an instrument that she knew how to use with the utmost skill. Crossing out "it" 3.Massachusetts was first explored in the late sixteenh and early seventeenth centuries, and the first permanent settlement was at Plymouth in 1620. 4.Plants require much lesser moist in cold weather than in warm weather. Thank you very much Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetkitty Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Thank you very much xizzhu This is the last one for today. Turreted mansions decorated with elaborate wooden ornamentation became a mark of wealthy and elegance in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Why it answer wealthy. I think it should be decorated---->were decorated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasleys Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Marryland, even though a southern state, remained loyalty to the Union during the Civil War. C -> remained loyal 1.During early nineteenth century, the building of canals and railroads strengthened the state of Indiana's links with the eastern United States. A -> during the early 2.Sarah Vaughan had a voice like a perfect instrument, and it was an instrument that she knew how to use it with the utmost skill. C -> how to use 3.Massachusetts was first explored in the late sixteenh and early seventeenth centuries, and the first permanent settlement at Plymouth in 1620. D -> settlement was at NOTE or 'settlement founded (or similar verb) at' 4.Plants require much less moist in cold weather than in warm weather. B -> moisture Michael Turreted mansions decorated with elaborate wooden ornamentation became a mark of wealthy and elegance in the United States in the late nineteenth century. D -> wealth. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetkitty Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 Thank you very much Wasleys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dian Tinambunan Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Thank you very much xizzhu This is the last one for today. Turreted mansions decorated with elaborate wooden ornamentation became a mark of wealthy and elegance in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Why it answer wealthy. I think it should be decorated---->were decorated became a mark of wealthy and elegance If wealthy act as an adjective then it will not be parralel with elegance. If wealthy act as a noun then it means people who has wealth and again it will not be parralel with elegance. Elegance is in parallel position with wealth. The answer is D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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