[koseram]

Answer to Question 13
In choices A and B, rates of is incorrect; when rates means "prices charged," it should be followed by for. Also in B, are a force for does not accurately convey the meaning that the soaring rates are actually forcing cutbacks in the present. In A and E, it is redundant to say that soaring rates have risen. Similarly, the word rises makes D redundant. C, the best choice, is idiomatic and concise, and it correctly uses the progressive verb form are forcing to indicate an ongoing situation.


14. Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimated at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the evolutionary path that led to human beings.
(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of
(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of
(C) that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was
(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of
(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

[koseram]

Q 14. mmm..usage part….stuck between B and D…..”as being”or “to be”…..i will go with D..fragments is plural and it should be “provide”….

[HAHAHAH]

I too think it is D.

Fragments..... provide should be correct.

[koseram]

Answer to Question 14
D, the best choice, correctly follows estimated with to be. The other choices present structures that are notidiomatic when used in conjunction with estimated. Choices B, C, and E all mismatch the singular verb provides with its plural subject, fragments, and in choices C and E, what was is unnecessary and wordy. In choice C, the use of the verb phrase estimated that it is produces an ungrammatical sentence.





15. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings. which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.

(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine

manic-depressive psychosis ,

(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease.

[koseram]

Q 15.

here, we are comparing mood swings arising out of two different conditions....
so we have to distinguish one "from" the other.....I go with D....distinguishes between....from....i am not sure if usage of between is correct?

[deepu]

Originally Posted by koseram

No .2



12. Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.

(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses.

(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.

(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

me too venturing for D but koseram... plz tell me is thr a rule like cause 1st and affect later is more appropriate than affect 1st and cause later?????

[koseram]

Originally Posted by deepu

me too venturing for D but koseram... plz tell me is thr a rule like cause 1st and affect later is more appropriate than affect 1st and cause later?????

that makes the sentence more coherent....since cause is the reason for the effect....u follow the same rule in PJ also ...remember chronological order...
also u can see other options use the pronoun ("they") ambigously
(check the explanation posted).....

[koseram]

Answer to Q15.
The best choice is C because it uses the idiomatically correct expression distinguishes between x and y and because it provides a structure in which the relative clause beginning which may be violent clearly modifies mood swings. The other choices use distinguishes in unidiomatic constructions. Additionally, their in A is intrusive and unnecessary, and the modifier of mood swings in B and D (perhaps violent) is awkward and less clear than the more developed clause which may be violent.



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16. Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen- to twenty-percent down payment, the lease-loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle.

(A) the lease-loan buyer is not required to make

(B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of

(C) lease-loan buyers are not required to make

(D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of

(E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make

[koseram]

Q 16.

....comparing the dynamics involved in taking a typical automobile loan and lease loan for a buyer ....the sentence construction in E is far better.....

[deepu]

Originally Posted by koseram

Answer to Q15.
The best choice is C because it uses the idiomatically correct expression distinguishes between x and y and because it provides a structure in which the relative clause beginning which may be violent clearly modifies mood swings. The other choices use distinguishes in unidiomatic constructions. Additionally, their in A is intrusive and unnecessary, and the modifier of mood swings in B and D (perhaps violent) is awkward and less clear than the more developed clause which may be violent.



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16. Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen- to twenty-percent down payment, the lease-loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle.

(A) the lease-loan buyer is not required to make

(B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of

(C) lease-loan buyers are not required to make

(D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of

(E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make

i think E is appropriate bcause the first statement UNlike a typical automobile loan,talks about a loan...all options A,B,C,D talk about lease-loan buyers and lease-loan buying...while E talks of lease loan....which is a better continuation of the 1st statement....