OG # 40 Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering how the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
(A) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at (B) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically to (C) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, all specifically targeted at (D) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, all of them targeted specifically to (E) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at
Will the sentence will be even correct if it was 'specifically targeted'? Is there any general rule for the same?
"specifically targeted" and "targeted specifically" mean the same thing. In both expressions, "specifically" modifies the verb - targeted.
We can see some other OG questions as well in which adverb is placed before or after the verb:
1: Unlike the honeybee, the yellow jacket can sting repeatedly without dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense pain. (OG12 Q#20)
2: Eating saltwater fish may significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and aid sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis and asthma, according to three research studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.(OG Verbal Edition 2 - Q#2
A bit of a detour, but hope you understand why "seemingly" and not "seeming" is the appropriate usage here. That, I think, should be the key learning from this question.
1. In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.
A)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been B)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was C)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being D)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was E)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be
2. With her archaeologist husband, travels inspired several mystery novels by Agatha Christie; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.
A)With her archaeologist husband, travels inspired several mystery novels by Agatha Christie B)Agatha Christie used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels C)Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels D)Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels E)Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
1. In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.
A) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been B) took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was C) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being D) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was E) took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be
shouldn't option D be the correct one?. B doesn't seem to translate the essence of the sentence. I really can't give the grammatical context here because my english is totally intuition based.
1. In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.
A)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been B)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was C)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being D)would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was E)took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be
2. With her archaeologist husband, travels inspired several mystery novels by Agatha Christie; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel in one of Christie's most famous books.
A)With her archaeologist husband, travels inspired several mystery novels by Agatha Christie B)Agatha Christie used her travels with her archaeologist husband to inspire several mystery novels C)Because her husband was an archaeologist, Agatha Christie was able to use their travels as inspiration for several of her mystery novels D)Together with her archaeologist husband, Agatha Christie was inspired to incorporate their travel into several of her mystery novels E)Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels
1. In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.
A) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been B) took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was C) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being D) would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was E) took more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be
shouldn't option D be the correct one?. B doesn't seem to translate the essence of the sentence. I really can't give the grammatical context here because my english is totally intuition based.
The answer should be D. option B: Since two events have occured in the past, dictionary's "birth" obviously happens before its completion, so correct usage would be that the "Dictionary had been born.
In Option D : The would take indicates a future event in the past.So would take is not in the past tense .Hence was born is correct here.
Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display,dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling with its mouthparts to strip the bone of any residual fat or muscle tissue.
A)dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling B)dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and pull C)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses in order to pull D)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling E)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and it pulls
Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display,dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling with its mouthparts to strip the bone of any residual fat or muscle tissue.
A) dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling B) dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and pull C) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses in order to pull D) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling E) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and it pulls
A) dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling Incorrect: dermestid beetles, Should be beetle, because the pronoun 'it' in 'its' requires that. B) dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and pull Incorrect: Same as above C) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses in order to pull Incorrect: 'in order to' changes meaning and is awkward. D) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling Correct: The structure is 'Particple Modifier, Main Clause, participle modifier'. Option D correctly demonsrates that. E) the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and it pulls Incorrect: ' the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses' and 'it pulls ...' can not be two clauses joined with an co-ordinating conjuction, one has to be a subordinate clause or a modifier.
1.) At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are (D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes (E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes 2.)A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. (A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced (B) that the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced (C) the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable (D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people to be traceable (E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world's five billion people 3.) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally. (A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call (C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call (D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling Come on Puys..Get going... Regards, Sabby
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1.) At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are (D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes (E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes
E is straight way wrong as we need an "are". A is wordy. B the use of "they" looks ambiguous without a proper reference. So does "them" in E. Hence C is correct imo.
2.)A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. (A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced (B) that the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced (C) the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable (D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people to be traceable (E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world's five billion people
"that" is required after contend, So only A and B are the available options. B is twisting the meaning of the sentence. So A looks like a correct option. But I am not sure of the grammatical status of the phrase "all of the thousand". Please verify and explain.
3.) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally. (A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call (C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call (D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling
Parallelism.
Please give the actual answers so that we could crosscheck.
Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display,dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling with its mouthparts to strip the bone of any residual fat or muscle tissue.
A)dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling B)dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and pull C)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses in order to pull D)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling E)the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and it pulls
1.) At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are (D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes (E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes 2.)A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. (A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced (B) that the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced (C) the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable (D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people to be traceable (E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world's five billion people 3.) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally. (A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call (C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call (D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling Come on Puys..Get going... Regards, Sabby
1.) At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes (C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are (D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes (E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes 2.)A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common root language. (A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced (B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced (C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable (D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable (E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people 3.) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally. (A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call (C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call (D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling Come on Puys..Get going... Regards, Sabby
Now try these.. 1.)In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. (A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as (C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as (D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as 2.) While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity -in many cases representing a life's savings-can plunge or even disappear. (A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their (C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their (D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
Now try these.. 1.)In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. (A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as (C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as (D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as 2.) While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity -in many cases representing a life's savings-can plunge or even disappear. (A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their (C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their (D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
Now try these.. 1.)In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. (A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as (C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as (D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as 2.) While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity in many cases representing a life's savingscan plunge or even disappear. (A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their (C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their (D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
Now try these.. 1.)In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. (A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (B) setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as (C) and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as (D) and set free more than 500 slaves who were legally considered (E) and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as 2.) While depressed property values can hurt some large investors, they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity in many cases representing a life's savingscan plunge or even disappear. (A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their (C) for homeowners they are potentially devastating, because their (D) for homeowners, it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners, whose
3.) While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally. (A) by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (B) by suggesting the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others call (C) suggest the reduction of software prices for decreasing the incentive for pirating, and still others call (D) suggest the reduction of software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling (E) suggest reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others are calling
