[marisha_singh]

Originally Posted by IAYF

here's my take on this:
all the options except E say--
"lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses."

the part- without the aid of telephoto lenses- has been placed wrongly here...
(as why would lions need lenses )

i hope you get it!
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yes now its clear ...

[prachalm]

Originally Posted by paramad

Here is the new set of questions


10 Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high.
(A) enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at
(B) enrollment, with a number of students in public schools growing steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, reaching
(C) enrollment: since students in public schools have grown steadily in number since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, have reached
(D) enrollment: the number of student in public schools has grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, has reached
(E) enrollment: students in public schools have grown steadily in number, since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at

Is 'the number of student ' in option D a typo? I marked E because I thought this was the error. E in that case seemed to be the best option though students at nearly 47 million is probably incorrect.

[aravindva]

Originally Posted by IAYF

here's my take on this:
all the options except E say--
"lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses."

the part- without the aid of telephoto lenses- has been placed wrongly here...
(as why would lions need lenses )

i hope you get it!
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thnx dude!!
completely overlook that logical part

[reachmonil]

Originally Posted by prachalm

Is 'the number of student ' in option D a typo? I marked E because I thought this was the error. E in that case seemed to be the best option though students at nearly 47 million is probably incorrect.

E says, students ... have grown steadily. :O It now appears non-nonsensical.

IMHO, option D is the best bet, considering 'number of student' is a typo and the correct option includes 'number of students'. And also, instead of colon, comma would be correct.

[prachalm]

Originally Posted by reachmonil

E says, students ... have grown steadily. :O It now appears non-nonsensical.

IMHO, option D is the best bet, considering 'number of student' is a typo and the correct option includes 'number of students'. And also, instead of colon, comma would be correct.

I beg to differ..Students..have grown steadily in numbers, is the complete sentence and it seems logical though not very elegantly worded. In sentence correction,little things like these make a huge difference, dont they? One can never be too careful . Probably would have left this in the exam...but we are not penalized here for wrong answers

[prachalm]

As an afterthought, the sentence part, students...,at nearly 47 million, makes the sentence incorrect as the students are not nearly 47 million (which seems right though)...their number or population is at 47 million.

[reachmonil]

*bump*

This thread goes sticky!

[ramakrishnas]

hi ..
have a small doubt about the correctness of the following sentence.. plz help me out..

"The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivate a child to work hard and do her best."

I feel the sentence is wrong.. any comments?

Ram

[deepakraam]

Originally Posted by ramakrishnas

hi ..
have a small doubt about the correctness of the following sentence.. plz help me out..

"The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivate a child to work hard and do her best."

I feel the sentence is wrong.. any comments?

Ram

My guess wud be:
The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivates a child to work hard and do her best.


-Deepak.

[prachalm]

Originally Posted by ramakrishnas

hi ..
have a small doubt about the correctness of the following sentence.. plz help me out..

"The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivate a child to work hard and do her best."

I feel the sentence is wrong.. any comments?

Ram

The sentence is correct.Where exactly do you think is the error?