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Why using a subordinate here?

The Iroquois were primarily planters, although they supplemented their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans woth fishing and hunting.
Initially, I chose "but they supplemented".
Why here use "although"?

by GetridofG

Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Why using a subordinate here?
Replies: 2
Views: 1391

Pls Help me explain

Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun's poles ot equator. Here are 2 other choices I think true: A. appear in the surface of the Sun as dark spots although never sighted at...

by GetridofG

Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Pls Help me explain
Replies: 2
Views: 1453

The differences between HAVING... and WITH

The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that they evoveld independently of the vertebrate eye. Here, it seems better to use "with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps expl...

by GetridofG

Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:31 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The differences between HAVING... and WITH
Replies: 4
Views: 3010

Why this is the better choice??

Although a surge in retail sales have raised hopes that there is a recovery finally underway, many economists say that wothout a large amount of spending the recovery might not last. The correct answer should be "has raised hopes that a recovery is finally". I don't understand why the answ...

by GetridofG

Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Why this is the better choice??
Replies: 1
Views: 1131