[nightstar]

Originally Posted by TRUEINDIAN

Here is one from my side:

Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service，the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as，or of more than 250 bird species，including 180 songbirds
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
(D) that monitors population changes of
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as，

ATB,
True

I think the answer is B..

[nightstar]

Originally Posted by TRUEINDIAN

Another 1.....



By offering lower prices and a menu of personal communications options，such as caller identification and voice mail，the new telecommunications company, has not only captured．customers from other phone companies but also forced them to offer competitive prices．
(A) has not only captured customers from other phone companies but also forced them
(B) has not only captured customers from other phone companies，but it also forced them
(C) has not only captured customers from other phone companies but also forced these companies
(D) not only has captured customers from other phone companies but also these companies have been forced
(E) not only captured customers from other phone companies，but it also has forced them

The answer is C..
The reason being that the statement should be of the form '...not only...but also..'.
'it' shouldn't be present as in 'but it also'.. so options B&E are eliminated..
also 'after also forced',the word 'them' makes it ambiguous as 'them' could be the customers/companies..so A is eliminated.
D begins with 'not only',this isn't the correct usage..
So that leaves us with C..

[TRUEINDIAN]

Originally Posted by nightstar

The answer is C..

Puys please post your explanations as well with the answer, this would help in our own development and our reasoning and analysis will improve.

True

[gagandeep kaur]

Originally Posted by vineet.nitd

Go for it folks!

This April, three out of seven people will file tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts.

A. tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
B. a tax return with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
C. tax returns with disks found in a software store and an accounting text
D. tax returns with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text
E. a tax return with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text

i think A is the answer
tax returns looks more apt to me..so B n E is eliminated
'in a software store and an accounting text' doesn't seem right..so i'll go with A

[libi]

Originally Posted by vineet.nitd

One more...

While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners, whose equity—in many cases representing a life’s savings—can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

All of them seem correct, my take B

[TRUEINDIAN]

Originally Posted by gagandeep kaur

i think A is the answer
tax returns looks more apt to me..so B n E is eliminated
'in a software store and an accounting text' doesn't seem right..so i'll go with A

Tax returns is a very often used wrong usage. It is always a tax return.

ATB,
True

[gagandeep kaur]

Originally Posted by TRUEINDIAN

Tax returns is a very often used wrong usage. It is always a tax return.

ATB,
True

thanks but it's 'a tax return' in sentence...that's why i was confused

[sindbad_533]

Originally Posted by vineet.nitd

Go for it folks!

This April, three out of seven people will file tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts.

A. tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
B. a tax return with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
C. tax returns with disks found in a software store and an accounting text
D. tax returns with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text
E. a tax return with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text

I'm quite poor at Sentence correction but will have a bash with this one.

My Answer: A
' a tax return ', how could for three people be a Tax Return? So I eliminated option B and E.
There is a disk to help people to file the tax returns which is available in stores. So the ' a software store' phrase doesn't fit approprietly.
So eliminated C and D

Experts, please opine on my way of eliminating options.
TIA

[gagandeep kaur]

Originally Posted by vineet.nitd

One more...

While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for home-owners, whose equity—in many cases representing a life’s savings—can plunge or even disappear.
(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose
(B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their
(C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their
(D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their
(E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose

my take A
'it'(singular) can't be used for property values..A seems logical, simple and errorless to me among A,B and c

[vineet.nitd]

The right ans for the first question is

B. a tax return with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts

'a tax return' is the right usage more so when one uses phrases such as 3 out of 7 people which signifies a ratio.


The right ans for the second question is

(A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose

Property values should be modified by 'they' and not by 'it'.

Also using 'can' with potential is redundant.