"Parents should discipline sons as they would discipline daughters, is redundant, and wordy."


Parents should discipline sons as they would daughters is more concise. It's really not awkward because the second "discipline" is implied by the first.

The mushrooms and root-like tentacles are extending. The and is unnecessary.

You want the simple past tense here of the verb "to be." The past tense of "to be" is "were." You would use the past perfect tense (had been) when stating that something had been happening before something else occurred. For example, Jim had been studying for three hour...

The key here is to understand that you are looking for a plural pronoun to replace the plural noun "barges." That eliminates A, C, D.

E provides an improper verb tense, so B is the correct response.

This is tricky. The reason why E is preferred over D, is because the world discipline is already stated in the earlier portion of the sentence, so to state it again would be redundant. In other words, "as they would daughters," implies "as they would discipline daughters." It's m...

I would say choice B here is correct. Focus on the conclusion. It states that it is impossible to evaluate the claims made by meteorologists that a mathematically accurate model of the atmosphere will lead to greater precision in weather forecasting. Choice B says that significant gains in the accur...

The key here, and really on most critical reading passages, is to focus on the conclusion. The conclusion states that when airline 1 increases its fares to recoup the money lost on decreasing earlier fares, other companies will come in and take advantage of the opportunity to gain customers due to t...

In a question like this, it's best to explain all answer choices, and determine which is least likely to help explain the drop in air pollution levels in 1989. A helps to explain why the drop wasn't until 1989, because the new measure were not put into effect until very late in 1988. B helps to expl...