1.Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely. (A) standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely (B) standing, demonstrating how wooden buildings, when they have sound design and maintenance, can last indefinitely (C) standing; they demonstrate if a wooden building has sound design and maintenance it can last indefinitely (D) standing, and they demonstrate wooden buildings can last indefinitely when there is sound design and maintenance (E) standing, and they demonstrate how a wooden building can last indefinitely when it has sound design and maintenance
(B) is too wordy. (C) also sounds awkward and wordy. Same goes for (D) and (E).
(A) seems to be the most concise option. Hence (A).
However much Americans may complain that jury duty disrupts their lives and that the jury selection process can be long and tedious, most agree that there is no alternative to this procedure that would ensure the right of those charged with crimes to a jury of their peers. -However much Americans may complain that -Despite the complaints among Americans about the fact -Although Americans complain -Even though Americans may complain -There are complaints among Americans that
Guys what do u think? is the right answer?
The answer is (A). We need the sentence to start with a word which indicates negation. (B) is too wordy. (C) & (D) sounds awkward due to the absence of "that" at the end. (E) is clearly wrong.
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1) 1.Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
2) Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks. (A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to (B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to (C) between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with (D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and (E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with
3) More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support. (A) to greater economic development and investing (B) to greater development economically and investing (C) of greater economic development and invest (D) of greater development economically and invest (E) for greater economic development and the investment of
4) Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students. (A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept (B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept (C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept (D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept (E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
1) 1.Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
Due to the usage of "requires of..." we need the option to start with a "that". Hence (C), (D), (E) are out. (B) is wrong as parallelism between "jobs" and "job" is not maintained. Hence (A).
2) Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks. (A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to (B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to (C) between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with (D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and (E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with
Only two types of objects "Bonds" and "Stocks" are to be chosen from. Hence "between" is correct and not "among". I think the phrase "base their choice... on" should be followed by a noun and not a verb. Hence (C).
3) More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support. (A) to greater economic development and investing (B) to greater development economically and investing (C) of greater economic development and invest (D) of greater development economically and invest (E) for greater economic development and the investment of
For parallelism, we need "investing" to parallel "stressing". Hence (C), (D) and (E) are out. "development economically" is awkward. Hence (A).
4) Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students. (A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept (B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept (C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept (D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept (E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
"..at its..founding.." seems awkward to me. Hence (C).
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got a few doubts.....
1) 1.Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
2) Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks. (A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to (B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to (C) between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with (D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and (E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with
3) More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support. (A) to greater economic development and investing (B) to greater development economically and investing (C) of greater economic development and invest (D) of greater development economically and invest (E) for greater economic development and the investment of
4) Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students. (A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept (B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept (C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept (D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept (E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
1) The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than anyone else in the industry. a. The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than did anyone else in industry. b. The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than anyone else did in the the industry.
I always get confused between 2 choices given above.
2) Also, how do we use "likening"?
An example from manhattan SC -
Incorrect - Most of the audience did not enjoy the concert, likening it to grinding up metal. Correct - Most of the audience did not enjoy the concert, likening it to the grinding of metal.
However much Americans may complain that jury duty disrupts their lives and that the jury selection process can be long and tedious, most agree that there is no alternative to this procedure that would ensure the right of those charged with crimes to a jury of their peers.
-However much Americans may complain that -Despite the complaints among Americans about the fact -Although Americans complain -Even though Americans may complain -There are complaints among Americans that
However much Americans may complain that jury duty disrupts their lives and that the jury selection process can be long and tedious, most agree that there is no alternative to this procedure that would ensure the right of those charged with crimes to a jury of their peers.
-However much Americans may complain that -Despite the complaints among Americans about the fact -Although Americans complain -Even though Americans may complain -There are complaints among Americans that
1) The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than anyone else in the industry. a. The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than did anyone else in industry. b. The tycoon contributed more to the candidate's campaign than anyone else did in the the industry.
I think its all a matter of parallelism. We need to compare the two actions. We need to compare the action of contributing. Hence according to me the correct answer will be (A). Option (B) incorrectly compares the tycoon's action of contributing with "anyone else". Please correct me if I am wrong. :)
2) Also, how do we use "likening"?
An example from manhattan SC -
Incorrect - Most of the audience did not enjoy the concert, likening it to grinding up metal. Correct - Most of the audience did not enjoy the concert, likening it to the grinding of metal. What is correct logic behind usage of "likening"?
Here again parallelism comes into play. We need to compare the "sound" of the concert with the "sound" of grinding of metal. "sound" is implicit here. Without the use of "the", we would be comparing the action "grinding" with the "concert".
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got a few doubts.....
1) 1.Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills
2) Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks. (A) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to (B) among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to (C) between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with (D) among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and (E) between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with
3) More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support. (A) to greater economic development and investing (B) to greater development economically and investing (C) of greater economic development and invest (D) of greater development economically and invest (E) for greater economic development and the investment of
4) Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students. (A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept (B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept (C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept (D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept (E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of
The ans are 1) A 2) C (wats the diff b/w yield to and yield with) 3)A 4)D (can anybody explin y D is correct.even i had chosen C)
I think its all a matter of parallelism. We need to compare the two actions. We need to compare the action of contributing. Hence according to me the correct answer will be (A). Option (B) incorrectly compares the tycoon's action of contributing with "anyone else". Please correct me if I am wrong. :)
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Why do you think B does not compare actions correctly?
Here is one example from same manhattan exercise
The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one. a. The blue dress looks more flattering on you than does the red one. b. The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one does.
Here again, choice (a) seems to be correct, but in fact choice (b) is correct.
Why do you think B does not compare actions correctly?
Here is one example from same manhattan exercise
The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one. a. The blue dress looks more flattering on you than does the red one. b. The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one does.
Here again, choice (a) seems to be correct, but in fact choice (b) is correct.
Hope you got my confusion. :neutral:
Very good question here. I also surely would have got this one wrong.
After thinking for some time I think I can see slight differences between the two.
In the first case, "contributed" is clearly an action performed by the tycoon and the others and we have to compare how much was contributed.
In this case, dresses do not perform any actions per se, "looks" is not really an action but a property of the dresses. Hence in this case, the dresses need to be compared.
OG 10, SC. Qs. 55: A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance. (A) (B) (C) (D) have elected to retire early rather than facing (E) have elected to retire early rather than face
My Qs is,
Does this sentence fall into Subjunctive Mood category?
I ask this because then we can quickly deduce, have elected because of Present Perfect tense and also deduce face rather than facing as it is a property of sentences with subjective mood that word be in infinitive form! Hence we have the answer! J
OG 10, SC. Qs. 55: A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance. (A) (B) (C) (D) have elected to retire early rather than facing (E) have elected to retire early rather than face
My Qs is,
Does this sentence fall into Subjunctive Mood category?
I ask this because then we can quickly deduce, have elected because of Present Perfect tense and also deduce face rather than facing as it is a property of sentences with subjective mood that word be in infinitive form! Hence we have the answer! J
In this sentence Doctors 'have elected' ie the action has been performed and there is no uncertainty. I think if the sentence would have been ' A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors have proposed / desired / recommended / preferred .... ' then your logic would have been quite right.
My understanding is based solely on Manhattan SC guide. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
In this sentence Doctors 'have elected' ie the action has been performed and there is no uncertainty. I think if the sentence would have been ' A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors have proposed / desired / recommended / preferred .... ' then your logic would have been quite right.
My understanding is based solely on Manhattan SC guide. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers
well, have elected because it was their desired...so i think this falls under subjunctive category...
another reason, we cant select option with "facing" here because it is not parallelism.
1. In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities. (A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities (B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary (C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary
2. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. (A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes (B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes (C) it was the antipodes that was Australia (D) Australia was what was the antipodes (E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes
3. In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance. (A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance (B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance (C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause (D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance (E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
1. In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities. (A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities (B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary (C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary 2. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. (A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes (B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes (C) it was the antipodes that was Australia (D) Australia was what was the antipodes (E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes 3. In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance. (A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance (B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance (C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause (D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance (E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
1. In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities. (A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities (B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary (C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary
"flatly" is supposed to modified the verb "packed". Hence we need the adverb "flatly". Hence (B) and (D) are out. (E) sounds wrongs. The meaning of the sentence is changing. Between (A) and (C), (A) sounds better to me. Hence (A).
2. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. (A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes (B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes (C) it was the antipodes that was Australia (D) Australia was what was the antipodes (E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes
(B) and (C) are clearly incorrect. (E) also seems incorrect. (A) seems redundant and ambiguos. Hence (D).
3. In the mid-1920's the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance. (A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance (B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance (C) for investigating what are the effects in workers' performance that changes in working conditions would cause (D) that investigated changes in working conditions' effects on workers' performance (E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
(A) is wrong. The tense "that would" doesnt sound correct. (B) also sounds wrong with respect to the tense of "would have on". (C) "for investigating" sounds incorrect. (E) sounds too wordy. Hence (D).
1. In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities. (A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities (B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary (C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities (E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary 2. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. (A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes (B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes (C) it was the antipodes that was Australia (D) Australia was what was the antipodes (E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes 3. In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance. (A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers performance (B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers performance (C) for investigating what are the effects in workers performance that changes in working conditions would cause (D) that investigated changes in working conditions effects on workers performance (E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers performance
