By 1940, the pilot Jacqueline Cochran held

By 1940, the pilot Jacqueline Cochran held seventeen official national and international speed records, and she earned them at a time when aviation was still so new for many of the planes she flew to be of dangerously many of the planes she flew to be of dangerously experimental design.

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Vaibhav Jaitly

Hi Mike,

I rejected "E" because it does not have "and" before "earned". Could you provide more context on that?

Thanks,
Vaibhav

Nov 6, 2017 • Comment

Adam

Hi Vaibhav,

First, note that "earned" in (E) is not a verb, but a past participle that modifies "seventeen official national and international speed records." We do not need "and" before "earned" because we do not have a verb phrase; rather, we have a participle phrase.

Does that make sense?

Nov 14, 2017 • Reply

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ZOE ZHUYAN

hi Mike,
would you please to clarify that "that" modifies "time" in B is correct?

thanks a lot
have a nice day
>_~

Aug 31, 2016 • Comment

Adam

Hi Shu,

The "that" is incorrect. When talking about "time," we should use "when," not "that."

Sep 2, 2016 • Reply

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