[dsotm_floyd]

Originally Posted by sonalinitr

I got a doubt...
What is the difference between the usage of "supposed" and "supposedly" ??

Eg :
Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposedly Mediterranean predecessors.

My guess is that the second option is the right one... coz ,supposed, being a verb, is incorrectly used in the first option... supposedly would better fit this case....

[sonalinitr]

Originally Posted by sachin2807

So as to keep this thread active,i m posting some questions...
so here goes my set of questions:

SET 1:-

1) If the books have been cataloged last week, why haven’t they been placed on the shelf?
a) have been cataloged
b) would have been cataloged
c) was cataloged
d) were cataloged
e) had been cataloged

2) Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book, that led eventually to an official investigation of the funeral industry.
a) that led eventually
b) that had led eventually
c) that eventually led
d) which led eventually
e) who eventually led

3) Sabotage came from the French saboter, which means “to clatter with wooden shoes (sabots).”
a)which means “ to
b) which means, “ to
c) that means “to
d) that means- “to
e) that means, “to

4) In studying an assignment it is wise to read it over quickly at first, than see the major points, and finally outline the material.
a) first, than
b) first: then
c) first-then
d) first, then
e) first-than

5) To judge the Tidy City contest, we picked an uninterested party.
a) picked an uninterested party.
b) picked an interested party!
c) picked a disinterested party.
d) are in the process of picking an uninterested party.
e) picked an disinterested party.

6) Linda decides they had better scram before the killers find them.
a) had better scram
b) had better leave
c) should hurry and scram
d) could hurry and leave
e) had better get out

7) I really dug the character of Brutus.
a) dug
b) thought about
c) thought of
d) admired
e) gazed at

Once upon a point a time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initated plans for the preparation, delivery and transportation of foodstuffs to her Grandmother.
a) and transportation of foodstuffs to her Grandmother.
b) and transportation of food stuffs to her Grandmother.
c) and transportation of food supplies to her Grandmother.
d) and transportation of foodstuffs to her grandmother.
e) and, transportation of food supplies to her grand mother.

9) The setting of a story effects the story’s plot.
a) effects the story’s plot
b) effects the stories plot
c) affect the story’s plot
d) affects the story’s plot
e) affects the story’s plots

10) Arctic trees are scrubbiest than trees in milder climates.
a) scrubbiest than trees
b) scrubbier then trees
c) scrubbiest than are trees
d) scrubbier than are trees
e) scrubbier than trees

Thnks...

d
c
a
d
c
c
b
d
d
e

[vyomb]

moi ans to set5 posted by @sachin2807

1.The closing of small, inexpensive hospitals while large expensive hospitals remain open seems a luxury that we can no longer afford in order to maintain them.

option 3. :-removes the wordy-ness

2.The ancient question of the exact difference between plants and animals, which was so complicated with the discovery of microscopic members of both groups, was somewhat sidestepped with the establishment of a third phylum, the Protista, reserved just for them

option 3:-phylum is inhabited

3.The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

option 4:- opted this as more suitable...
some puy pls provide explanation for this question

[soni2k]

@ Sachin's SET#5

1)3
2)2
3)3

Please correct me by explaining !!

[padfoot]

26. A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office that even Theodore C. Sorensen, the White House counsel, did not know it existed.
(B) So secret was a recording system installation and operation in the Kennedy Oval Office

27. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

28. A representative of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contends that employers who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendance, recruiting, and retention.
(A) which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing
(C) that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize

29. A shy, religious-minded publisher who had married a duke’s daughter, Harold Macmillan’s rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many, though Churchill had since the 1930s been extolling Macmillan’s courage.
(D) Harold Macmillan surprised many by rising to the position of Prime Minister in 1957

30. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama

31. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole



32. A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do those raised in confinement.
(E) associate with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight more quickly than

33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

34. A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.
(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than

35. According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.
(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to



1.The closing of small, inexpensive hospitals while large expensive hospitals remain open seems a luxury that we can no longer afford in order to maintain them.
1. seems to emphasize luxury over economy, which we can no longer afford.
-> ‘which’ -> this always emphasizes the last noun or phrase, so where which we can no longer afford means we can no longer affor economy
2. seems to be a waste of valuable resources.
->This is incomplete
3. seems a luxury we can no longer afford.

4. seems too luxurious to be any longer affordable.
-> wordy

2.The ancient question of the exact difference between plants and animals, which was so complicated with the discovery of microscopic members of both groups, was somewhat sidestepped with the establishment of a third phylum, the Protista, reserved just for them
1. consisting only of them -> them is a pronoun with multiple antecedents
2. inhabited only by them -> them is a pronoun with multiple antecedents
3. which includes all microscopic life
-> this has the proper meaning
4. which would have included all microscopic plants and animals
-> does not seem correct
3.The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.
1. The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania permits the visitor unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses. -> permit for an opportunity is wrong
2. The Lake Manyara -Park in Tanzania gives the visitor the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without telephoto lenses.
-> this seems like trees without telephoto lens
3. The visitor to the Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania has the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.
-> the same thing trees without the aid of telephoto lens
4. Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania's Lake Manyara Park has an unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees. -> has an opportunity is idiomatically correct and this is proper in diction also

[sachin2807]

Ans for set 5:-
1) c
2) c
3) d

Rgds
Sachin

[padfoot]

Originally Posted by sachin2807

Ans for set 5:-
1) c
2) c
3) d

Rgds
Sachin

Moi got all right... have explained the answers above .......

[ferdinandj]

My answers
26 a
27 b
28 c
29 a
30 e
31 b
32 e
33 c
34 d
35 c

[sachin2807]

Here goes the set 6:-

1. Each night when night came and the temperature fell, my parents lit the fire in the bedroom.
A. and the temperature fell,
B. and that the temperature did fall
C. and that the temperature fell
D. and because the temperature fell
E. and when the temperature fell

2. Francis promised to bring the Papago basket that she bought in Arizona.
A. bought in
B. had bought in
C. has bought in
D. did buy in
E. purchased in

3. He has lain his racquetball glove on the beach.
A. has lain
B. has laid
C. have lain
D. have laid
E. is lying

4. I would have lent you my notes if you would have asked me.
A. would have asked me
B. could of asked
C. could ask
D. had asked
E. had of asked

5. Many scientist are still hoping to have found life on another planet.
A. to have found
B. to find
C. two find
D. to have been found
E. too have found

6. Because she had an astounding memory, Sue has never forgotten an important equation.
A. had an
B. could have had
C. has
D. did have
E. has had

Best of luk.


Thnks

Sachin

[padfoot]

1. Each night when night came and the temperature fell, my parents lit the fire in the bedroom.
A. and the temperature fell,
B. and that the temperature did fall
C. and that the temperature fell
D. and because the temperature fell
E. and when the temperature fell

2. Francis promised to bring the Papago basket that she bought in Arizona.
A. bought in
B. had bought in
C. has bought in
D. did buy in
E. purchased in

3. He has lain his racquetball glove on the beach.
A. has lain
B. has laid
C. have lain
D. have laid
E. is lying
-> I have a very good explanation for this, hope you would all find it usefull.See whenever you find this type of question replace lain etc with the "rest/place" test. Substitute a form of "lie" or "lay" with a form of "rest" or "place." If a form of "rest" makes more sense, use a form of LIE. If a form of "place" makes more sense, use a form of LAY.
Rest (rested, resting) = lie (lay, lain, lying)
Place (placed, placing) = lay (laid, laid, laying)

4. I would have lent you my notes if you would have asked me. A. would have asked meB. could of askedC. could askD. had askedE. had of asked

5. Many scientist are still hoping to have found life on another planet. A. to have foundB. to findC. two findD. to have been foundE. too have found

6. Because she had an astounding memory, Sue has never forgotten an important equation. A. had anB. could have hadC. hasD. did haveE. has had