[abhi39]

i think its D...... whats the OA

Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out
that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
(A) dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads
(B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
(C) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do
(D) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it does for paved roads
(E) to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads

[razor's edge]

Originally Posted by abhi39

i think its D...... whats the OA

Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out
that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
(A) dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads
(B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
(C) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do
(D) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it does for paved roads
(E) to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads

The answer is B. In A a wrong comparison has been made. C and D deform the entire sentence. And again in E an example of wrong comparison. It ought to be "to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as to maintain paved roads" . Hence B is correct.

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1. Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
The answer to this one is A. I marked it D, though. Can i know why do we use present participle instead of simple present tense?

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1. Although the bite of brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its poison.
(A) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its
(B) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds and pose the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their
(C) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their
(D) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds and poses the greatest danger to infants and the elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its
(E) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its

The answer to this one is D and i completely concur with it. But 'm a little confused. Read the last sentence carefully. It says the infant and elderly are vulnerable to its poison. Now if the sentence is referring to the spider's poison then it should be wrong coz we aren't considering only a single spider but we are talking of them in general "Brown recluse spiders". Hence, its should be theirs.
Though i thought the other way round too, thinking it to be bite's poison. But it doesn't make sense to me at all.

Can someone help me clarify this one?

[Nipunbans]

"bite" of spiders - its the bite which is causing all this and not spider itself.
So, that's y everything shd be singular...

Originally Posted by razor's edge

1. Although the bite of brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its poison.
(A) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its
(B) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds and pose the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their
(C) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their
(D) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds and poses the greatest danger to infants and the elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its
(E) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its

The answer to this one is D and i completely concur with it. But 'm a little confused. Read the last sentence carefully. It says the infant and elderly are vulnerable to its poison. Now if the sentence is referring to the spider's poison then it should be wrong coz we aren't considering only a single spider but we are talking of them in general "Brown recluse spiders". Hence, its should be theirs.
Though i thought the other way round too, thinking it to be bite's poison. But it doesn't make sense to me at all.

Can someone help me clarify this one?

[mvikred]

Originally Posted by razor's edge

1. Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also
The answer to this ons is D. Why cannot it be A?

IMO between C & D ... but I'd choose C, if i came across this question during a test.

Since the answer mentioned is D, I wonder why D over C. Both sound good to me, but in option C, the usage of 'but' helps us make a comparison between dozens of museums to one-of-a-kind museums.

In A, the usage of either X or Y is incorrect. X and Y are not parallel in option A.

Cheers !!

[Eon]

".. spiders" in the original sentence is changed to "... spider" , hence singular

[mvikred]

Originally Posted by razor's edge

1. Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
The answer to this one is A. I marked it D, though. Can i know why do we use present participle instead of simple present tense?

U can eliminate B and E immediately (usage of being .. awkward)
Can also eliminate C "was to be .." wordy and awkward

That leaves us with A and D ... both are grammatically correct, but option D changes the meaning of the sentence.

A is the only option which retains the right logical flow and grammar.

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Ok. thanks for bringing the wrong usage of "either - or" to my notice. Had it been somewhat like this: Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted either to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
then it would 've been correct.
And yes i completely agree with you on option C. It sounds the best amongst all and makes a suitable comparison too with the help of the conjunction "but" quite unlike D which doesn't make a comparison at all.

[razor's edge]

Originally Posted by Eon

".. spiders" in the original sentence is changed to "... spider" , hence singular

I'm sorry but nowhere in the sentence has the term 'spiders' changed to 'spider'. Thje question actually revolves around the bite and its venom (poison) which is singular.