A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm. (A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
Sentence - Several million tonnes of coal was/were generated by the power station.
- What's the right word and What noun is it referring to in this sentence? - How about if you remove Several (A million tonnes of coal was/were generated...).. - And then remove 'A million' as well. (Tonnes of coal was/were generated by the PS.)
IMO, it'd be - Several million tonnes of coal were ... A million tonnes of coal were ... Tonnes of coal were ...
Hi, i have a queru, can someone please shed some light?
Sentence - Several million tonnes of coal was/were generated by the power station.
- What's the right word and What noun is it referring to in this sentence? - How about if you remove Several (A million tonnes of coal was/were generated...).. - And then remove 'A million' as well. (Tonnes of coal was/were generated by the PS.)
i think for collective nouns the context in which they are used will decide which verb they'll take.
Several million tonnes of coal was/were generated by the power station.
if several million tonnes of coal refers to a collective singular lump of coal then was will be a better verb. Several million tonnes of coal was generated by the power station.
but if several million tonnes of coal refer to a collective of several different lumps of coal then were will be a better verb.
A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm. (A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
a. not parallel b. choices, so whether is better c. about seems redundant. d. looks perfect. should b the right choice e. not parallel.
A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm. (A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm (C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic (E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
Quote: Originally Posted by somFrodo View Post IMO C.
'compare to' is used for comparing two different / unlike things. hence A and out. 'comparing... and' usage is wrong. between C and E, 'on comparison of' sounds more idiomatically perfect than 'on comparing' (can anyone explain the grammatical rule here). so, E out.
neatly done..
OA is option C
Hi Dare2, Can you please explain the answer here.
Regards
hi fren, sorry i dont have any official explanation. i have a word file from my senior. it has lots of questions but dont have any explanations. also the answers are in hidden text n some questions are 4m OG11 but wid wrong answer choices.
with whichever questions i find doubtful answers, i post them here 4 confirmation.
Hi, i have a queru, can someone please shed some light?
Sentence - Several million tonnes of coal was/were generated by the power station.
- What's the right word and What noun is it referring to in this sentence? - How about if you remove Several (A million tonnes of coal was/were generated...).. - And then remove 'A million' as well. (Tonnes of coal was/were generated by the PS.)
Rule to remember here is don't bother about prepositional phrases. What it means in a sentence structure which says Colors of the rainbow ARE .....
So in this case "of coal" doesn't matter so it would be plural in the following cases - Several million tonnes, million of tonnes, tonnes ....
1.Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. a one who b one of who c and one of whom d one of whom e one of which
hi fren, sorry i dont have any official explanation. i have a word file from my senior. it has lots of questions but dont have any explanations. also the answers are in hidden text n some questions are 4m OG11 but wid wrong answer choices.
with whichever questions i find doubtful answers, i post them here 4 confirmation.
The document you are talking about it is called 1000 SC
1.Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. a one who b one of who c and one of whom d one of whom e one of which
IMO is D. "whom" pronoun precisely modifies "presenters" and so is the correct answer.
1.Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. a one who b one of who c and one of whom d one of whom e one of which
IMO the answer is D. 'whom' correctly refers to 'Presenters'.
1.Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. a one who b one of who c and one of whom d one of whom e one of which
C,D,E are changing meaning.. I feel A is better/concise than B but can't fine any errors in b. So, IMO = A
Hi Nipun,
With option "B", the first clause talks about "Despite the fact......may agree.... I think if its a fact, then "May agree" is a weak link....because with facts, people usually are agree...
Don't know this grammatically....but GMAT also looks for logic.
Originally Posted by vpitc View Post Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists. A) Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists. B) By the study of the fruit fly, a household nuisance and also a time-honored experimental subject, it was possible for the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists. C) By studying a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, the fruit fly enabled scientist to begin to unravel the secrets of how embryos develop. D) By studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance and also a time-honored experimental subject, the secrets of how embryos develop are beginning to be unraveled by scientist. E) The study of the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled scientist to begin to unravel the secrets of how embryos develop. Guys, can any of you tell what is the error in option D. how to make it a sensible statement? Thanks Vijay
OA is e. dude, can u tell me what is wrong with option d?
Regards, Vijay
Hi Vijay, Keep it simple. Read both options like....By studying..........skip the qualifier....then again read from....the secrets of how embryos...... The problem with option D is that an unnecessary and wordy passive is inserted.
Option E is a simple sentence......read it like in above mentioned way......
OE is "Here we have a complicated comparison that must be expressed properly. Choice (D) is correct: the spending . . . generates several times as much gross income as . (D) also correctly repeats the spending of one dollar instead of using the unclear pronoun it .
Answer (A) incorrectly uses generates several times the gross income . . . than .
Answer (B) incorrectly uses it which implies that the second spending is the same as the first. The second spending constitutes the same amount as that of the first, but the two are not the same spending.
Answer (C) incorrectly uses generates several times as much. . .as though .
Answer (E) incorrectly uses generates several times the gross income than ."
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Ohhh....dude...I just missed it.....didnt analyse option D properly.....now it seems so obvious...
1.Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers. a one who b one of who c and one of whom d one of whom e one of which
for this question, OA given was option D.
but i was not satisfied with any choices. so i modified choice B(juz 4 learning sake).
as pointed out by most of u whom refers to 'presenters'. but here 'presenters' is the subject of the sentence. i read somewhere that 'who' should refer to subject of the sentence and 'whom' should refer to object of the sentence. was dat a bad rule??
y did u guys choose 'one of whom' over 'one of who' when 'presenters' is clearly the subject of the sentence. plz post ur reasoning..
In all cases, the correct noun to be used here is was.
This is because coal belongs to a category of nouns called uncountable nouns (some other examples include water, sand etc.) and uncountable nouns are almost always singular. Example:
Thousands of liters of water was supplied to the draught stricken people.
Ok, if coal is an exception, we will change that to something else..
Several million tonnes of garbage was/were dumped into the Yamuna.. A million tonnes of garbage was/were dumped into the Yamuna Tonnes of garbage was/were dumped into the Yamuna.
(btw, i goofed up just a tad bit, power stns don't gen coal).
So in the above situation, how will the words fit in?
but i was not satisfied with any choices. so i modified choice B(juz 4 learning sake).
as pointed out by most of u whom refers to 'presenters'. but here 'presenters' is the subject of the sentence. i read somewhere that 'who' should refer to subject of the sentence and 'whom' should refer to object of the sentence. was dat a bad rule??
y did u guys choose 'one of whom' over 'one of who' when 'presenters' is clearly the subject of the sentence. plz post ur reasoning..
one of "who" is wrong here as "who" is acting as the object of the main subject "Presenters" in this clause whereas "whom" can act as object of main subject in same clause that is why "one of whom " is correct.
More precisely - "Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind" this is a clause where main subject/noun is Presenters and verb is "is" so other noun/pronoun if comes in this clause will act as object and generally we don't take "who" as the object.
I am not sure how you got an impression that coal is an exception. As I had mentioned in my previous mail, coal belongs to a category of nouns called uncountable nouns. The list of nouns in this category is long (almost limitless) and that list would include garbage as well!! So, from a grammatical treatment perspective, coal and garbage would be no different.
On the other hand, the following would be in plural, since we have changed the sentence a bit to make the subject countable (containers).
Several million containers of garbage were dumped into the Yamuna.
ok, you were right about garbage. Slight change to that below:
Several million tonnes of potatoes was/were dumped into the Yamuna.. A million tonnes of potatoes was/were dumped into the Yamuna Tonnes of potatoes was/were dumped into the Yamuna.
