[raghav507]

Originally Posted by raghav507

hi,
my take:-
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. C

sorry puys,
irrelevant post

[Cakofonixx...]

My Answers
16)e
17)a
1c
19)c
20)d

[shabadp]

16) E
17) C
1 C
19) C
20) A

It has been 80% instinct + 20% crappy lil grammmar rules i know... Instinct basically is defined by me, atleast in this case, is the sounds good looks good feels good wala feeling.....utter rubbish but works.... Usually!!

Cheers,
Shabad

[apatchofsnow]

Originally Posted by piscean84

Hi

Todays Set.

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

17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.

(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people
(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture

18. Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson. Pauline Pfeiffer. Martha Gelhom. and Mary Welsh --were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.

(A) Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--were strong and interesting women,
(B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh--each of them Hemingway's wives--were strong and, interesting women,
(C) Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--were all strong and interesting women,
(D) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--each a wife of Hemingway, was
(E) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh--every one of Hemingway's wives were

19. In addition to having more protein -than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

(A) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in
(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in
(C) the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in
(D) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in
(E) rice has a protein higher in quality than

20. An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country for areas in which to build.

(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that
(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that
(C) the abundance of capital for commercial real estate has been such,
(D) such has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that
(E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,

Happy solving....

cheers

My Take:

E A C B C

[milindagrawal]

Hi

Todays Set.

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
.
.
.



my take
E
A
D
E
A

[piyushpth]

Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen- to twenty-percent down payment, the lease-loan

My answers are 16.E 17.A 18.C 19.B 20.B

[medulla]

Originally Posted by algorithmist

According to my knowledge among is used when we have to compare more than two entities (or when we are not sure about the quantity) and between is used to compare between two entities or to show a sense of belongingness.

Ex :-

* Ram was among the toppers of his school. (We r not sure about the number)

* 3 comes between 2 and 4 (two entities)

Plzz correct me if I m wrong.

Hi,

Between is always among two and among is used when more than two entities are involved.

[mahi101987]

my answers are

16. C
17. E
18. C
19. D
20. E

and one more request while posting explanations please use a font which is clear to everyone

sorry if i am hurting anyone

cheers

[shabadp]

Hi,
Could we have the answers and the next set please.... these are actually quite good and have a good standard. Am having a good time analysing them and am raring to go for more...
My answers as posted earlier:
E
C
C
C
A

[piscean84]

Hello,

Answers to the last set.

16. E
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. A

Explanations are as below

Answer to Question 16
Choice E, the best answer, correctly uses a parallel construction to draw a logical comparison: Unlike a typical automobile loan,... a lease-loan.... Choice A illogically compares an automobile loan, an inanimate thing, with a lease-loan buyer, a person. In choice C, buyers makes the comparison inconsistent in number as well as illogical. Choices B and D are syntactically and logically flawed because each attempts to compare the noun loan and a prepositional phrase: with lease-loan buying in B and/or the lease-loan buyer in D. Choices B and D are also imprecise and awkward. Finally, choice E is the only option that supplies an active verb form, does not require, to parallel requires.

Answer to Question 17
Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly
describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.


Answer to Question 18
Each choice but C contains errors of agreement. In both A and E, the singular subject (each in A, every one in E) does not agree with the plural verb were, while in D, the plural subject women is mismatched with the singular verb was. In B, the subject and verb agree, but the descriptive phrase placed between them creates an illogical
statement because each cannot be wives; each can be one of the wives, or a wife. The pronoun constructions in A, B, D, and E are wordy; also, B, D, and E are very awkwardly structured and do not convey the point about Hemingway's wives clearly. Choice C correctly links wives with were, eliminates the unnecessary pronouns, and provides a clearer structure.

Answer to Question 19
In this sentence, the initial clause modifies the nearest noun, identifying it as the thing being compared with wheat. By making protein the noun modified, choices A, C, and D illogically compare wheat with protein and claim that the protein in rice has more protein than wheat does. In C and D, the comparative structure higher in quality than it is in wheat absurdly suggests that rice protein contains wheat. B, the best choice, logically
compares wheat to rice by placing the noun rice immediately after the initial clause. B also uses that to refer to protein in making the comparison between the proteins of rice and wheat. Choice E needs either that in or does after wheat to make a complete and logical comparison.

Answer to Question 20
Choice A is best. The construction so abundant has capital been... that correctly and clearly expresses the relationship between the abundance and the investors' response. In choice B, the repetition of so is illogical and unidiomatic. Choices C, D, and E alter somewhat the intended meaning of the sentence; because of its position in these statements, such functions to mean "of a kind" rather than to intensify abundant. Choice D awkwardly separates has and been, and the omission of that from C and E makes those choices ungrammatical.

Cheers