Verbal Queries...

[voodoochild]

to me.. A) sounds shorter and crisper.. and is probably the correct idiomatic usage.. "in a bitter dispute over"

vishal

Edited -- Searched on google for the two usages see the results for yourself...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...mp;btnG=Search
(820 results)
and

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...mp;btnG=Search
(1 result)

[Hobbes]

Hi Ashish,

For the first question: i feel A) is the correct answer. Since "dispute over" is the correct usage. And to answer rjtsonu's Qs abt A or C - in option C, "there was" is redundant. "after a bitter dispute over" wud do just fine, without the need for "there was".

So i guess A is the right choice.

Originally Posted by post2ashish

can someone explian wht does 'broke' mean over here..... does it mean...
1. camus STARTED an argument with sarte ..., or
2. Camus already had an argument with sarte & departed away after a bitter dispute...

Originally Posted by rjtsonu

but what about "broke with"???
i think option A suggets that Camus broke up during the dispute and C suggests he/she broke after the dispute both can be correct .. how do u choose which is best?

I looked at it in different light:

Option A: The narrator is talking abt this incident almost immediately after it has happ.
Option C: The narrator is telling someone abt this sometime after it has happ.

I think they both differ on when the narrator is talking abt the incident...

Uday

[Hobbes]

As regards the 2nd Q, i think option D is the right one.

We usually dont start a statment with "A/The Question". Also we dont start it "In" followed by a verb. Also in options B and E, "they" is ambigous.

To tell ya the truth, more than anything else, D simply sounds right.

[Hobbes]

Originally Posted by rjtsonu

Guys how about this one? Please explain why u chose what u chose.

thnx

School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces any future need for busing.
(A) significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces
(B) significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reduces
(C) increase housing integration significantly, which, in turn, reduces
(D) increase housing integration significantly, in turn reducing
(E) significantly increase housing integration, which, in turn, reduce

D seems like the right answer.

dunno if anyone else will post on this thread.

rjtsonu, can u plz post the correct answer. thnx.

Uday

[post2ashish]

i'm not sure but to me C appears correct.

D appears wrong because of "reducing" - it does not go with "increase in X will in turn reducing Y"

'Need for Busing Activity' is singular in nature so a singular verb "reduces' is appropriate.

ashish

[rjtsonu]

heres are 2 more... Any takers?

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards


For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

[amithmp]

Originally Posted by rjtsonu

heres are 2 more... Any takers?

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

Its difficult to answer if you don't underline the portion of the sentence.

-Amith

[Jugnoo]

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[Che Guevara]

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

Answer B

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

C

[post2ashish]

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the

C appears to be the correct answer... B is wrong bcoz of pre-columbians... (pre-columbia refers to an era not people) D &E r wrong bcoz of 'in which' & 'that'. A is not able to differentiate if its the prcolumbian form of ownership being replaced or the return of communal ownership is a form of precolumbian ownership...

2nd one:

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

again C ...
A,B are wrong becoz fo missing pronoun 'they'... D becoz of 'although' & E did not look correct... (don't know why )

i am not n expert in SC's so plz post the correct answers...

ashish