Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[princessDee]

Originally Posted by e_reema

Could somebody please explain me why think France is incorrect instead of Think about about France

The first thing that comes to mind when I think France is wine

is there any need of "of" or "about"??

Well . . That is not correct usage because, One cannot use a proper noun after think. Think can be followed by a pronoun, verb, proposition

[kewl.bantee]

Originally Posted by princessDee

Well .. . .I guess, you know quite a lot . . Like you have suggested, comes to mind is correct and not comes to my mind . . This is because, pronouns like my/his/her etc. cause redundancy in the sentence. .

But it is not think of france, it is think about france
Following is the reason

Think of = to keep in mind for consideration or attention

Eg: Think of any integer between 1 and 25.

Think about = to give a lot of thought to

Eg: She always thinks about her mother first.

In which case "of" does nt fit into the sentence

I hope you understood the difference

here both OF and ABOUT are very close.ABOUT also means of or concerning to.so here use of ABOUT sounds more appropriate than of.there are also few sentences where OF takes over ABOUT.e.g.what do u think of yourself.think of princessdee.think about princessdee.as pointed out by princess think of gives a superficial thought abt the person and think about is somehow deep.here both are correct.so sometimes its the meaning of the sentence which decides the best fitting option.

[vars.jat]

following are my doubts on usage of who and whom:..........1) All the guests who the President invited to the party enjoyed a lot........2)The girl who all of us thought so highly of has failed to win the contest......3) There's is Mr. Ram whom they say is the best poet........Please tell me the way to detemnine subject and object........sorry for typing in awkward manner,as using proxy...

[richirich_28]

here is my sentence
1- The parents pressurise mona to get married.
In the above sentence should it be "pressure" instead of pressurise or is it a correct usagesometimes in the newspaper i have seen journalists using "pressure" using instead of "pressurise".

[neversaydie_001]

Originally Posted by richirich_28

here is my sentence
1- The parents pressurise mona to get married.
In the above sentence should it be "pressure" instead of pressurise or is it a correct usagesometimes in the newspaper i have seen journalists using "pressure" using instead of "pressurise".

i replied to the same query.please refer to the earlier posts.
its usage is wrong here.

[neversaydie_001]

Originally Posted by vars.jat

following are my doubts on usage of who and whom:..........1) All the guests who the President invited to the party enjoyed a lot........2)The girl who all of us thought so highly of has failed to win the contest......3) There's is Mr. Ram whom they say is the best poet........Please tell me the way to detemnine subject and object........sorry for typing in awkward manner,as using proxy...

@ vars.jat

the best way to determine what is the subject and the object is to see who is the doer(subject) of the verb being referred to in the particular sentence and similarly for the object(one getting affected). another way is to ask a question and see the answer for that quesn.
If you try and apply the rule to the above sentence things will be clearer to you.
Hope this helps.

[vars.jat]

Originally Posted by neversaydie_001

@ vars.jat

the best way to determine what is the subject and the object is to see who is the doer(subject) of the verb being referred to in the particular sentence and similarly for the object(one getting affected). another way is to ask a question and see the answer for that quesn.
If you try and apply the rule to the above sentence things will be clearer to you.
Hope this helps.

thats what I want how to frame the question in this question .Take 1st one....questions using both verbs are who invited ??...president ...who enjoyed....all the guests...so I am not able to decide.May be my framing of question is wrong....thats what I want

[thebornattitude]

Originally Posted by vars.jat

thats what I want how to frame the question in this question .Take 1st one....questions using both verbs are who invited ??...president ...who enjoyed....all the guests...so I am not able to decide.May be my framing of question is wrong....thats what I want

i'll tell u a trick , though mite fail at times,,, but generally works...
just take the main incident in the sentence,,, for eg.... here its invitation....hence
ask the question,,,,
who is invited (NOTE-- from here you can also judge whether it should be who or whom)
answer- the guests , the object
president -the subject

[vars.jat]

Originally Posted by thebornattitude

i'll tell u a trick , though mite fail at times,,, but generally works...
just take the main incident in the sentence,,, for eg.... here its invitation....hence
ask the question,,,,
who is invited (NOTE-- from here you can also judge whether it should be who or whom)
answer- the guests , the object
president -the subject

okk following ur reasoning....in second question ..The girl who all of us thought of so highly has failed to win the contest.....I take question who failed?? the girl..so it has be subject..so who is correct...but if I take who thought??? ...all of us ...the subjet and about whom we thought...the answer is ...the girl...object...so which verb to choose????..

[kewl.bantee]

Originally Posted by vars.jat

okk following ur reasoning....in second question ..The girl who all of us thought of so highly has failed to win the contest.....I take question who failed?? the girl..so it has be subject..so who is correct...but if I take who thought??? ...all of us ...the subjet and about whom we thought...the answer is ...the girl...object...so which verb to choose????..

The girl who all of us thought of so highly has failed to win the contest.
who failed=the girl
who thought=we
but in the 1st half of sentence it asking all of us thought about whom.not all of us thought abt who.so the correction will be The girl whom all of us thought of so highly has failed to win the contest
correct me if am wrong