Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[anuj0507]

171)d
172)a
173)d
174)c
175)d

[ankaj]

Originally Posted by kewl.bantee

kewl.bantee,25/07/08,SC2,Pg No.92

correct the sentences.(it will definitely give u a good practise when dealing with verbs and plurals)

Charlie

Dear Adelie,
Oh, my little fluffy sweetheart, how I long to be with you on this cold, cold day! Neither of the iron bars of my cell have kept me from dreaming about sweeping you away to our long-planned vacation in Antarctica. Through the vast blue skys, speeding swiftly as wild turkey, goes my heart. My Jailer my honey, who is the best of all possible honey, has taken over every thought in my brain. I never think about the fishes in the sea. Every single one of my waking moments is devoted to you, cuddliest of all the cuddly teddy bear. But, Cow Pat, I and all the other prisoners, except for my cell mate, have waited impatiently for your visit. Two months have passed, and everyone (though not the cell mate, as I said) is impatient. I know you were busy, but the taxes are paid, your new downhill racing skies are waxed (I know you love to ski!), and still you are not here! Here are two tickets for the policemen you befriended. They can accompany you on the train. (I know you hate to travel alone.) Speaking of alone, please bring the loots from our last job. I need escape money. Also bring two gold watches, which are very handy for bribes
Your Cutie Patootie,
Charlie

Quite confusing

[trustrajib]

kewl.bantee,25/07/08,SC2,Pg No.92

Oh, my little fluffy sweetheart, how I long to be with you on this cold, cold day! Neither of the iron bars of my cell has kept me from dreaming about sweeping you away to our long-planned vacation in Antarctica. Through the vast blue sky, speeding swiftly as wild turkies, goes my heart. Either my jailors or my honey, who is the best of all possible honies, has taken over every thought in my brain. I never think about the fishes in the sea. Every single one of my waking moments is devoted to you, cuddliest of all the cuddly teddy bear. But, Cow Pat, I and all the other prisoners, except for my cellmate, have waited impatiently for your visit. Two months have passed, and everyone (though not the cellmate, as I said) is impatient. I know you were busy, but the taxs are paid, your new downhill racing skies are waxed (I know you love to ski!), and still you are not here! Here are two tickets for the policemen you befriended. They can accompany you on the train. (I know you hate to travel alone.) Speaking of alone, please bring the loots from our last job. I need money to escape. Also bring two gold watchs, which are very handy to bribe.
Your Cutie Patootie,
Charlie

[shivam_01]

answers

1)Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by collectors and breeders all over the world.

a. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
b. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth over the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
c. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after for
d. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by

Use ‘having undergone’ for ‘past decades’ and the sought `by’ preposition.

2) Show business, as anybody will tell you is all about relationships, but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for the business.
a. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for
b. but when relationships and business is intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
c. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
d. but when relationships and businesses are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for

2 Use plural ‘are’ for two subjects and the preposition subservient ‘to’.

3)Most philosophers believe that each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another, and the choice we make will always have a great effect on our life.
a. each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another
b. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over another
c. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over the other one
d. each one of us responsibly chooses one course of action over another

Use the prepositions responsible ‘for’ and one ‘over’ another.

4)The result of these delays, even though it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of their money.
a. it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
b. it was due to factors beyond control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
c. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and asking for refunding
d. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and to ask for a refund of

‘Delays’ take plural ‘they’ followed by ‘to’ parallelism and ‘result was’

[kewl.bantee]

Originally Posted by kewl.bantee

kewl.bantee,25/07/08,SC2,Pg No.92

correct the sentences.(it will definitely give u a good practise when dealing with verbs and plurals)
Dear Adelie,
Oh, my little fluffy sweetheart, how I long to be with you on this cold, cold day! Neither of the iron bars of my cell have kept me from dreaming about sweeping you away to our long-planned vacation in Antarctica. Through the vast blue skys, speeding swiftly as wild turkies, go my heart. Either my jailors or my honey, who is the best of all possible honies, have taken over every thought in my brain. I never think about the fishes in the sea. Every single one of my waking moments are devoted to you, cuddliest of all the cuddly teddy bear. But, Cow Pat, I and all the other prisoners, except for my cellmate, has waited impatiently for your visit. Two months has passed, and everyone (though not the cellmate, as I said) are impatient. I know you was busy, but the taxs are paid, your new downhill racing skies are waxed (I know you love to ski!), and still you is not here! Here is two tickets for the policemans you befriended. They can accompany you on the train. (I know you hate to travel alone.) Speaking of alone, please bring the loots from our last job. I need escape money. Also bring two gold watchs, which are very handy for bribes
Your Cutie Patootie,
Charlie

kewl.bantee,25/07/08,SC2,Pg No.92(answers)
Very few people showed interest to work the above one out and that too very recklessly.no doubt it was bit confusing type thou appeared trouble-free but in CAT more or less,these types will be fired at us.neways i hope for more chipping in on my next post.

Dear Adelie,
Oh, my little fluffy sweetheart, how I long to be with you on this cold, cold day! Neither of the iron bars of my cell has kept me from dreaming about sweeping you away to our long-planned vacation in Antarctica. Through the vast blue skies, speeding swiftly as wild turkeys, goes my heart. Either my jailors or my honey, who is the best of all possible honeys, has taken over every thought in my brain. I never think about the fish in the sea. Every single one of my waking moments is devoted to you, cuddliest of all the cuddly teddy bears. But, Cow Pat, I and all the other prisoners, except for my cellmate, have waited impatiently for your visit. Two months have passed, and everyone (though not the cellmate, as I said) is impatient. I know you were busy, but the taxes are paid, your new downhill racing skis are waxed (I know you love to ski!), and still you are not here! Here are two tickets for the policemen you befriended. They can accompany you on the train. (I know you hate to travel alone.) Speaking of alone, please bring the loot from our last job. I need escape money. Also bring two gold watches, which are very handy for bribes
Your Cutie Patootie,
Charlie

its simple.still ne doubts plz let me know so tht i can xplain.

[piscean84]

puys,

Answers to post piscean84-SC1-25/7/08-pg91

171. In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry
Answer to Question 171
The sentence calls for an adverbial clause of purpose to explain why Henry sought the annulment. D, the best choice, does this clearly and correctly. It is introduced by an appropriate conjunction, so that, and contains a logically appropriate verb form, could marry. Awkward and imprecise, A does not specify who is to marry Anne. B substitutes an illogical coordinate predicate for the needed purpose clause; because the annulment had not yet been granted. Henry could not remarry. C lacks an appropriate conjunction, and the infinitive clause to be married to ... makes this choice awkward and unidiomatic. Although E uses an appropriate conjunction, in order that, the verb form would marry is unidiomatic and illogical (might marry would be better).

172. The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are actively broken apart; rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioactive decay to produce power.
(A) apart; rather
(B) apart, but rather
(C) apart, but rather that of
(D) apart, but that of
(E) apart; it is that of

Answer to Question 172
Choice B, the best answer, follows an idiomatic form of expression for paired coordinates--not X, but rather Y; here rather is optional but preferable because it helps establish a contrast between the two types of energy source. Choice A incorrectly uses a semicolon rather than a coordinating conjunction (but) to connect the coordinate parts; a semicolon should be used to join independent clauses. In choices C, D, and E, that of has no grammatical referent and thus produces illogical and incorrect sentences


173. Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(A) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(B) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(C) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(D) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(E) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne
Answer to Question 173
In choice A, turned... and she persuaded is needlessly wordy and lacks the compact parallelism of turned... and persuaded. In choice B, persuaded.. . in claiming is unidiomatic; the form persuaded x to [do] y is required. In choices C and E, turned... and persuading that violates parallelism, and the passive construction in C is awkward and unnecessarily wordy. Parallel, idiomatic, and concise, choice D is best.

174. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that

Answer to Question 174
In this sentence, the relative pronoun that should introduce the clause The Adventures ... published to make a relative clause modifying year. Also, the singular title of the novel demands a singular verb: for example, one would say, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is (not "are") a great book." Only C, the best choice, satisfies both requirements. Choices A and D incorrectly substitute as for that to introduce the relative clause. Choice A also mistakes the novel title for a plural (were published). B confuses meaning (written in the same year of publication as). E creates a similar confusion of meaning, and both D and E are awkward and imprecise because that is too far away from its referent (letter) to be clear.

175. Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating.
(A) due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating
(B) due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much
(C) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than that they are overeaters
(D) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than because they eat too much
(E) because of their bodies burning calories too slowly than because of their eating too much

Answer to Question 175
The members of a comparison (more X than Y) should be expressed in parallel form. D, the best choice, correctly uses parallel clauses introduced by because. The clauses themselves are clear and direct. Choice E uses parallel forms, but the convoluted structures are awkward and wordy. Furthermore, the word bodies would
need an apostrophe (bodies') since it is the logical subject of the gerund burning (that is, it answers the question, "Whose burning?"). A, B, and C do not use parallel forms for the two members of the comparison. In addition, A and B use due to unidiomatically to mean because; properly used, due to is synonymous with
attributable to.

[piscean84]

puys,

piscean84-SC1-28/7/08-pg93

Todays Set.

176. As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50.000 to 100.000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA.
(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely
(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell's different genes are contained in a mere
(C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely
(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cells' different genes is contained in merely
(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere

177. So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.
(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that
(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are,
(C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained,
(D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why
(E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why

178. In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences. which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have risen dramatically.
(A) sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have
(B) sentences, performing specific jobs that benefit the public while being allowed to remain unconfined, have
(C) sentences, performing specific jobs beneficial to the public while they are allowed to remain unconfined, have
(D) sentences which allow them to remain unconfined in their performing of specific jobs beneficial to the public has
(E) sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that

179. During the early years of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land. were a help in the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from hardship, or even death.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in the rescuing of

(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the land intimately and this enabled them to help in the rescue of
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land, helped to rescue
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land. Native Americans helped the rescue of
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land, Native Americans helped to rescue

180. Quasars are so distant that their light has taken billions of years to reach the Earth; consequently, we see them as they were during the formation of the universe.
(A) we see them as they were during
(B) we see them as they had been during
(C) we see them as if during
(D) they appear to us as they did in
(E) they appear to us as though in

[kewl.bantee]

[quote=piscean84;1190459]puys,



MY TAKES

176.(E)

177.(E)

178.(C)
179.(B)
180.(B)

[raghav507]

piscean84-SC1-28/7/08-pg93

hi puys,
my take :-

176. E
177. C
178. D
179. C
180. D

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by piscean84

puys,

piscean84-SC1-28/7/08-pg93

176 .. E ( have to use is contained..)
177 ..A ( yeh sentence .. looks ok)
178 ..E
179 ..C (more direct i feel that E)
180 ..A