Verbal Queries...

[eagle]

BEST WAY IS TO READ UR DAILY NEWSPAPERS ...THT WAY U WILL UNKNOWINGLY GAIN THE CORRECT USAGE AND AT THE SAME TIME WILL INCRS UR AWARENESS....I GUESS THS IS WHT EVERBODY SUGGESTS.. ...

[rjtsonu]

hi ashish according to me to the answer should be E

except for "D and E" others are ruled out coz "demanding" is a misplaced modidfier in others...

In D and E "who" makes clear that the customers were demanding..

[post2ashish]

some more...

1. Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.
(A) that they not be named
(B) that their names will not be used
(C) that their names are not used
(D) of not being named
(E) they will not be named

2. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife

3. Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.
(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts
(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence
(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting
(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt
(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt


Please don't just post in one letter answers... (as i already know the answers)... i want to know why a particular choice is wrong/right... Ultimately this is goin to help us all only...

i will post the correct answers tomm evening...

[vahgar]

1-e
2-b
3-e

good ones..

[cattie]

1-D
on the condition that....
on condition of...

2-A
modeled has to be right so, D & E ruled out.
we name after somene but I don't think so we model after someone, rather we model like someone. So A.

3-D
...deliberate and even brutal aggression...increases...
...deliberate and even brutal aggressions....increase....
rules out A,B & C.
D seems to be more right than E.

[cattie]

plz try this out and give the reason for u'r choice.

No one denies that _______ knowledge.

1) he is ambitious and aspires.
2) he was ambitious and aspired for
3) he is ambitious and aspires for
4) he aspires after

I'll post the ans in a day or two.

[boonie]

option 4) should be correct. i don't know the exact grammer rule, but thats the way 'english usage' points.

[Rajagopal]

plz try this out and give the reason for u'r choice.

No one denies that _______ knowledge.

1) he is ambitious and aspires.
2) he was ambitious and aspired for
3) he is ambitious and aspires for
4) he aspires after

I'll post the ans in a day or two.

I think option 3 is rite i feel u cant aspire after rather aspire for is the correct usage ans also it is in present continous so aspires for not aspired for which is in past tense
am i correct

R.

[anupam will return]

I too feel that the answer is option no.3.
as it fits in well..

[post2ashish]

Answers to my previous post...

1) Answer is A.
d and e are wrong cause of that
c uses present tense and hence is wrong.
In b stating that the "names will not be used" is unidiomatic. It should be "names should not be used". In statements stating condition one uses

2) Answer is B
All other choices compare parts of body with mother or wife.

3) Anser is D
increases is the correct verb form because aggression is singular. We say "aggression increases". Also "to erupt" is idiomatically correct and not will erupt.

4) Answer is C.
We say "matters ranging from X to Y". Also ranging and staffing are parallel forms.

_______

cattie, option 3 is correct .. we all desire/aspire for .... & we go/run after ...
also amongst 2 n 3 ... since 3 is in present tense, i will go for 3...