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grammar questions
Hi !
Listed below are my grammar questions. If you know the answers and reasons for these questions, please respond to me asap. Thank you for your time and attention.
1. Nebraska has floods in some years, -------. (A. in others drought, B. while other droughts)
2. During his (twelve year there), Ellis Marsalis (turned) the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts into (a rich) training place for future jazz (stars)
3. (The) main (advertising) media include (direct mail), radio, television, magazines, and (newspaper).
4. The (strength), size, and surefootedness of the llama (make it) as (excellent) beast of burden in mountainous regions today (as) it was in the past.
5. Algae have been an (extremely)important (link) in the food chain (after) the beginning of (life)on Earth as we know it.
6. Butte, Montana, (had built) above large (deposits) of silver, gold, and copper and (became) known as "the (richest) hill on earth."
7. Allan Pinkerton, (founder) of (the famous) detective agency that bears (him) name, directed a Civil War espionage system (behind) Confederate lines.
8.The Statue of Liberty is one of the most (celebrating) examples of repousse work, (a process) of (hammering) metal (inside a ) mold.
9. The oriental fruit fly causes (extensive) damage to grapefruit, lemons, and oranges but does (not) harm to the trees on (which)the fruit (grows).
10. ----- devised to lessen the drudgery of washing clothes that the origin of the washing machine is unclear.
(A. So numerous were the inventions; B. The inventions that were so numerous)
11. Snakes are (capable of ) graceful (motion) throughout the (entire long) of their rubbery (bodies).
12. For thousands of years, people (have used) some (kind) of refrigeration (cooling) beverages and preserve (edibles).
13. Colleges in the newly formed United States, in (recovering) from the adverse (effects) of the American Revolution, inaugurated (a broad) curriculum in (response) of social demands.
14. According to some critics, the novels of William Burroughs demonstrate the major hazard of absurd literature, ----- tendency toward overmbellishment and incoherence.
(A. is; B. notwithstanding)
15. Electric motors (range) in size from (the tiny) mechanisms that operate (sewing machine) to the great engines in (hearvy locomotives).
16. (The nitrogen) makes up (over) 78 (percent of) the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass (surrounding) th eplanet.
17. Of the (many) machines invented in the late nineteenth century, none (had) a (great) impact on the United States (economy) thatn the automobile.
18. ( A number of ) the Pacific Islands are volcanoes that have (pushed up from) the ocean floor, others are the (tops) (sunken) mountain (ranges).
19. It has been reported that (during) any twenty-four (hour) period, ( a minimal of ) three houndred North American women (start) their won businesses.
20. Now considered an art form, quilt-making originated as a means of fashioning bed covers from bits of fabric that otherwise-----.
(A. had no use; B. were no use)
21. (As many as) 50 percent of the income from motion pictures (produced) in the United States (comes from) marketing the films (abroad).
22. (During) early nineteenth-century Boston, the (architect ) Charles Bulfinch, eager to make the ity beautiful, sometimes (provided ) free plans for people building (homes).
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