You should note that here extending functions as a present participle and NOT as an action verb.
Thus the question is not about tenses..but about parallelism among participles.
Folks plz try this one and give your clear explaination in support of the answer.
Question.
Shostakovich s Fourth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece performed impossible.
A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having.
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having.
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having.
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having.
Here is one more, plz try
Question
A transit of Venus or Mercury should be observed only with proper protection, because staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun with the unprotected eye can quickly cause serious and often permanent eye damage.
A. because staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun with the unprotected eye can quickly cause serious and often permanent eye damage.
B. staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun can quickly cause serious and often permanent eye damage, with the unprotected eye.
C. because, quickly, often permanent eye damage can be caused by staring with the unprotected eye at the brilliant disk of the Sun.
D. often permanent eye damage is caused by staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun, quickly causing serious eye damage to the unprotected eye.
E. because the unprotected eye can quickly be caused serious and often permanent eye damage when staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun.
yes the answer for the above questions has to be D and A
My choice A
parallelism .
spawned ( past participle) parallel with extending..(present participle)
choice b is tempting.But extended will function as a action verb,if put in.
You should note that here extending functions as a present participle and NOT as an action verb.
Thus the question is not about tenses..but about parallelism among participles.
IMO: B
The verb "extend" here describes the fungus and should parallel the verb "is" which is in simple present tense. Thus extends sounds good.
Ankit, OA please...
hi...help me with the sentence given below:
A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while travelling
i have found this sentence in Manhattan's SC....
i think the sentence should b like this:
A majority or railway commuters read or listen to music while travelling
Apologies folks for being away for quite some time and not responding.
Got stuck with some production installs.:banghead:
OA for this question is A.
And explanation by Ikruz completely makes sense.
Cheers.
Ankit.
A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while travelling
The sentence given above is correct.... because "A majority" makes it singular.... Therefore "a majority reads or listens"....
Subject Verb Agreement..........
the explaination givan by nada nada is perfect....subject verb agreement is the key..as thee verb takes the singular subject..a majority and not 'the commuters'.....
Folks,
Please help me with this question.
In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should
acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
OA is E
but shouldnt it be C?
Parallelism as partly because....and partly because
Pls clarify
Can someone help me with difference b/w As and Like
I thought 'As' compares similar things and 'Like' is used for comparison in similies.
But check the below ques:
Like Auden. the language of James Merrill is chatty, arch, and conversational--given to complex syntactic
flights as well as to prosaic free-verse strolls.
(A) Like Auden, the language of James Merrill
(B) Like Auden, James Merrill's language
(C) Like Auden's, James Merrill's language
(D) As with Auden, James Merrill's language
(E) As is Auden's the language of James Merrill
Shouldnt it be As and not Like?We are comparing Auden's language and James' Language.
OA is C
C & E are pretty confusing....True that C uses "because" and looks like its parallel to the rest of the sentence..... But C uses "partly because of".... So if C is correct then "partly because of their steers" should be parallel to "partly because crossbreeding".... but is not a parallel construction...
E is concise....
Nada Nada Says"Like" is used to compare people, things, nouns..... "As" is used in a comparison involving clauses.. and a clause contains a subject and a verb
According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the
Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four
times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in
socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates
in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who
plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan
on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other
graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to
plan to practice
GUYS THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS 'c'.But are we supposed to use two comparatives, i.e. 'as likely as' .. im seeing this for the first time.
can any one justify this answer.
regards
harish narayan
Folks,
Please help me with this question.
In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should
acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
OA is E
but shouldnt it be C?
Parallelism as partly because....and partly because
Pls clarify
Folks,
Please help me with this question.
In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should
acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
OA is E
but shouldnt it be C?
Parallelism as partly because....and partly because
Pls clarify
According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the
Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four
times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in
socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates
in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who
plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan
on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other
graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to
plan to practice
GUYS THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS 'c'.But are we supposed to use two comparatives, i.e. 'as likely as' .. im seeing this for the first time.
can any one justify this answer.
regards
harish narayan
Sorry , I meant D not C.
Shouldnt it be D?
According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the
Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four
times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in
socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates
in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who
plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan
on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other
graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to
plan to practice
GUYS THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS 'c'.But are we supposed to use two comparatives, i.e. 'as likely as' .. im seeing this for the first time.
can any one justify this answer.
regards
harish narayan
I'll go with D for this one..
This should be A..
I'll go with D for this one..
This should be A..