is it c ?
A & b : Grammatically wrong.
D : Lacks a conjunction between two clauses
e : Improper construction "that, since ...."
no............
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VIKX Saysno............
I will go in for E
Could you pls clarify my doubt with following subjunctive mood questions?
I understand that ,present tense subjunctive use base form of the verb.
1) The executive board of the rugby team required that each member _______ twenty-five dollar dues.
a) paid
b) had paid
c) pay
.
2) We wished that we ______ New York's rugby team.
a) had beaten
b) beat
c) would have beaten
Answer to the first question is c) pay. I don't have any doubt with this answer.
Answer to the Second question is a) had beaten. Why the answer is not b) beat?
Could you pls clarify my doubt with following subjunctive mood questions?
I understand that ,present tense subjunctive use base form of the verb.
1) The executive board of the rugby team required that each member _______ twenty-five dollar dues.
a) paid
b) had paid
c) pay
.
2) We wished that we ______ New York's rugby team.
a) had beaten
b) beat
c) would have beaten
Answer to the first question is c) pay. I don't have any doubt with this answer.
Answer to the Second question is a) had beaten. Why the answer is not b) beat?
If more than one action in a sentence occured at different times in the past: 1. we wished and 2. we beating NY's rugby team, Then past perfect tense has to be used for the earlier action. For the later action we must use simple past.
So, in this case, the earlier action is the beating and therefore "had beaten" is correct.
1.According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.
(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four
(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four
(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four
(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955
(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four
Please provide reasoning also.
Thanks.
1.According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.
(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four
(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four ----if & since, wrong format
(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four --- different tense format
(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955 ----passive , so rejected
(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four -----meaning is changed
Please provide reasoning also.
Thanks.
A should be the answer.
Can any one figure out this ?
1. Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.
(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced
(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget
Considering the subjunctive nature of the verb, option (A) is correct....agree.
For below one, could not understand why (D) is wrong.....although it uses a subjunctive verb. 
Reason given :- it is in passive tone, then I will say for above question (A) too is in passive tone.
And if any option pertaining to subjunctive is present, why go for other choices ??
Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.
(A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers
(B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers
(C) Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system
(D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries
(E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers
Can any one figure out this ?
1. Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.
(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced
(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget
Considering the subjunctive nature of the verb, option (A) is correct....agree.
For below one, could not understand why (D) is wrong.....although it uses a subjunctive verb.
Reason given :- it is in passive tone, then I will say for above question (A) too is in passive tone.
And if any option pertaining to subjunctive is present, why go for other choices ??
Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.
(A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers
(B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers
(C) Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system
(D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries
(E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers
D is changing the meaning of sentence. D suggests that penal system be reformed as penitentiaries, which means its comparing penal system to penitentiaries. On the other hand in C penitentiary is a part of reform that could be applied to penal system.
Hope it clears
Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city's mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year
to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.
A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to
subsidize
B )proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city's major cultural
institutions and for subsidizing
C )proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city's
major cultural institutions and to subsidize
D )has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions and for the subsidization
Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city's mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year
to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.
A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to
subsidize
B )proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city's major cultural
institutions and for subsidizing
C )proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city's
major cultural institutions and to subsidize
D )has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions and for the subsidization
my take is C
wat is OA?
Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city's mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year
to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.
A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to
subsidize
B )proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city's major cultural
institutions and for subsidizing
C )proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city's
major cultural institutions and to subsidize
D )has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions and for the subsidization
i guess only A has the correct usage of two infinitives.to maintain and to subsidize....hence parallelism is followed !
wats the OA ??
my take is C
wat is OA?
no it is A.
bishoo123 Saysno it is A.
I answered C.... and you have quoted me for answering A.
Sapyy SaysI answered C.... and you have quoted me for answering A.
No dude.......you have answered C. I quoted for OA As "A".
Guys, I want you to confirm my answer on the basis of how I eliminated the options. Please do the favor.
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language.
(A) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are
Correct Answer
(B) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
I eliminated this option as we don't require the conjunction 'and' here.
Neuroscientists and are... doesn't make sense. It should have been
Neuroscientists are ......
(C) Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
Here the problem is- the verb "amassing", which is present continues tense and is used with past time frame "over the past twenty year". Hence, wrong.
(D) Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
(E) Neuroscientists have amassed, over the past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
Could you please verify this one?
Thanks
As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with semiotics, hermeneutics, and deconstruction.
(A) As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with
(B) Writers, Russell Banks suggests, who lack of grand ideas and leave only
(C) Russell Banks suggests that a lack of grand ideas has left writers with only
(D) It is Russell Banks' suggestion that a lack of grand ideas have left writers only with
(E) It is only a lack of grand ideas, Russell Banks suggests, which leave writers with
(A) As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with
(B) Writers, Russell Banks suggests, who lack of grand ideas and leave only
(C) Russell Banks suggests that a lack of grand ideas has left writers with only
(D) It is Russell Banks' suggestion that a lack of grand ideas have left writers only with
(E) It is only a lack of grand ideas, Russell Banks suggests, which leave writers with
As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with semiotics, hermeneutics, and deconstruction.
(A) As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with
(B) Writers, Russell Banks suggests, who lack of grand ideas and leave only
(C) Russell Banks suggests that a lack of grand ideas has left writers with only
(D) It is Russell Banks suggestion that a lack of grand ideas have left writers only with
(E) It is only a lack of grand ideas, Russell Banks suggests, which leave writers with
(A) As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with
(B) Writers, Russell Banks suggests, who lack of grand ideas and leave only
(C) Russell Banks suggests that a lack of grand ideas has left writers with only
(D) It is Russell Banks suggestion that a lack of grand ideas have left writers only with
(E) It is only a lack of grand ideas, Russell Banks suggests, which leave writers with
As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with semiotics, hermeneutics, and deconstruction.
(A) As Russell Banks suggests, it is a lack of grand ideas that have only left writers with
"it is a lack of grand ideas" = singular have= Plural... wrong
(B) Writers, Russell Banks suggests, who lack of grand ideas and leave only
Writers(plural) modifier Russell (singular)....wrong
(C) Russell Banks suggests that a lack of grand ideas has left writers with only
Correct
(D) It is Russell Banks suggestion that a lack of grand ideas have left writers only with
wordy and "a lack of grand ideas" (singular) ..have (plural)..wrong
(E) It is only a lack of grand ideas, Russell Banks suggests, which leave
writers with
"which" wrongly placed modifier ....
So my answer is C, whats the OA?
Guys, I want you to confirm my answer on the basis of how I eliminated the options. Please do the favor.
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language.
(A) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are
Correct Answer
(B) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
I eliminated this option as we don't require the conjunction 'and' here.
Neuroscientists and are... doesn't make sense. It should have been
Neuroscientists are ......
(C) Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
Here the problem is- the verb "amassing", which is present continues tense and is used with past time frame "over the past twenty year". Hence, wrong.
(D) Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
(E) Neuroscientists have amassed, over the past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
Could you please verify this one?
Thanks
Guys, I want you to confirm my answer on the basis of how I eliminated the options. Please do the favor.
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language.
(A) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are
Correct Answer
(B) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
I eliminated this option as we don't require the conjunction 'and' here.
Neuroscientists and are... doesn't make sense. It should have been
Neuroscientists are ......
(C) Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
Here the problem is- the verb "amassing", which is present continues tense and is used with past time frame "over the past twenty year". Hence, wrong.
(D) Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
(E) Neuroscientists have amassed, over the past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
there is no correct participle referring to neuroscientists.
Could you please verify this one?
Thanks
You got all right..Just one addition in option B over the past 20 year is modifying development of brain instead of Neuroscientists who amassed knowledge during that period.