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Talking Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 20-02-2008, 06:41 PM

1. whoever,2.C3.B4.E(thou not sure)my bet , would post my explanation in the next post. bhai log..... would change my answer to question no. 3 i go with D(in the moment of excitement , i marked B when -is not running and has no intention to run means the same thing , so would change my answer ok guys).......>>>>1. answer is whoever- i used a simple funda- i rewrite the statement as... the contest judges were told o give the prize to the person who drew the best picture(so thou no hard core concept used got my answer), or else i used the funda of finding the subject and the object. Now in such a sentence one miht confuse the real subject&object-i concentrated on just this part-whoever/whomever drew the best picture,in this part the drew tell me about action being done in the form of drawing the picture and the doer of the action is the Subject- out of whoever ad whomever, whoever is subjective case , hence the answer.answer 2 in next post</p>


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 20-02-2008, 06:54 PM

2.when i opened the hood and saw smoke pouring from the engine,I had realized that i forgot to add oil.a) I had realized that i forgot to add oil.b) i had realized that i had forgotten to add oil c) i realized that i had forgotten to add oil.d) i realized i had forgotten to add oil......>>>>>>>my answer is C....as A&B could be negated in the first go. they start with'i had realized'- which is past perfect-over here it would mean that the person realized it before hand ,without even opening the hoodetc , that he did not add oil, which is clearly distorting the sense of the sentence.out of C and D ...I find 'realized that' more appropriate ...so my answer C


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 20-02-2008, 07:07 PM

3) She is not and does not intend to run for political office.a) same as givenb)she is not running and has no intention to c)she is not and will not intend tod) she is not running and does not intend toe)she has not and does not intend to.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.my answer is D:reasons:- >>>> the sentence is :She is not and does not intend to run for political office.the first part of the sentence i.e. 'she is not' remains senseless because we donot know what does this mean. so negated-A,B,C. >>> so left with just Dand E- i think it wouldn be difficult now right??? judging from what could i infer i marked D as it ws talking about' not at the moment nor in the future does she have any plans ' i think i made my pt clear...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>as i mentioned that i was not sure about question 4 ....i zeroed in on D&E but then i went with E.....enlighten me on this question guys


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 12:40 AM

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>>>as i mentioned that i was not sure about question 4 ....i zeroed in on D&E but then i went with E.....enlighten me on this question guys

Well 4. is an example of parallelism thats for sure. Although Vars.Jat has already posted this answer as d, I don't think that is correct.

I would zero on to
b)the car runs quieter when i add a heavier transmission fluid.
e)the car runs more quietly when i add a more heavy transmission fluid.


I think b) being a better option as e) has a repeated use of more which seems unnecessary.
So, I would definitely go with
b) The car runs quieter when i add a heavier transmission fluid.


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 12:02 PM

@ cute.sid
yups i agree the use of more is a case of pleonasm i.e. redundancy...
so option B is the right one for quesn 4....


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 12:44 PM

@ cute sid.

I agree with ruling out of E as seems redundant .But I go with D not B.

I will try to explain the reason.

We see 2 parts : a car running quieter/ more quietly and another is a heavier /more heavy transmission fluid.

We use heavier (ier form in general) when we are comparing 2 things and use More (for comaparative) when the qualities of same person/thing are compared.

e.g .A is wiser than B (Here a quality is compared b/w 2 people)
A is more wise than hardworking .(here 2 qualities of A are compared).

so,following the same reasoning : second part will be heavier as it is comapred with other transmission fuel.This brings down our choices to B and D.

debatable part : Suppose there is a race of cars and u observe Car A(120kph) moving faster than B(90kph).U say " Car A is faster than B"

After a lap Speed of car A becomes from 120 to 150 u Say " Car A is running more fast"

Rite??

Similarly,here the property of Car that is RUNNING QUIETLY compared after adding oil.
So,it should be more quietly than quieter (as it is not getting compared with other one.)

PS : The above reasoning is mine that may be wrong

As far as answer is concerned,we can't rely on the material .But we should discuss so as to form a consensus .

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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 02:22 PM

Hi Puys
I believe some people have a doubt in the use of parallelism.
So I am posting a sentence that can be corrected in three different ways .
Try it.
I'll post the answers in 24 hours and will try to clarify the doubt.


1) What do you like best, to swim, a drive or jogging?


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2) As the years passed by, I and my grandmother saw less of one another.
   
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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 03:30 PM

answers....to the questions..>>>>

Ans1?>>>>one way- what do you like best,to swim, drive or jog>>>
second way-what do you like best, swimming,driving or jogging
third way????(is it).....what do you like best, to swim, driving or jogging..>(i guess)


Ans2?>>>> as the years passed,my grandmother and i saw less of each other.(one another is used for more than two ppl)


>>>>>

@ cute sid.. what is the third way to correct sentence 1



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Hi Puys
I believe some people have a doubt in the use of parallelism.
So I am posting a sentence that can be corrected in three different ways .
Try it.
I'll post the answers in 24 hours and will try to clarify the doubt.


1) What do you like best, to swim, a drive or jogging?


one more
2) As the years passed by, I and my grandmother saw less of one another.


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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 03:48 PM

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Hi Puys
I believe some people have a doubt in the use of parallelism.
So I am posting a sentence that can be corrected in three different ways .
Try it.
I'll post the answers in 24 hours and will try to clarify the doubt.


1) What do you like best, to swim, a drive or jogging?


one more
2) As the years passed by, I and my grandmother saw less of one another.

1 shud be "what do you like best among swimming,jogging and running"
or it shud be "what do you like best ,to swim to drive or to jog.

2 shud be "As the years passed by,my grandmother and I saw less of each other.

I think the forst person should come last .In this case after the grandmother..
   
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Re: Sentence Correction for CAT 2008 - 21-02-2008, 04:16 PM

@- apatchofsnow-

i think repetition of 'to' makes a sentence repetitive- it should be ( what i think)-what do you like best, to swim, drive or jog. ....

what say puys...

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