Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist known as George Eliot, she was an anonymous translator and essayist of formidably far-ranging scholarship. (A) Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist known as George Eliot, she was (B) Before she had been the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, she was (C) George Eliot has been the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, after such time as she was (D) Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, she was (E) George Eliot, before she was the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, had been
OA -- A My Ans -- D
ANother one:
Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (A) Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so (B) As Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, (C) As Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, in the same way (D) Just as Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so (E) Just as the Federal government of the United States legislative branch is Congress,
Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist known as George Eliot, she was an anonymous translator and essayist of formidably far-ranging scholarship. (A) Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist known as George Eliot, she was (B) Before she had been the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, she was (C) George Eliot has been the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, after such time as she was (D) Before George Eliot became the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, she was (E) George Eliot, before she was the popular and respected novelist, George Eliot, had been
OA -- A My Ans -- D
In answer D, ....,George Eliot,...is noun modifier; which noun is it modifying? Is it modifying "Before George Eliot.." or is it modifying ",she"? Don't you find the noun modifier is ambiguous here?
ANother one:
Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (A) Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so (B) As Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, (C) As Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, in the same way (D) Just as Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so (E) Just as the Federal government of the United States legislative branch is Congress,
OA - D My A -- B
For this i think beginning and ending of underlined part of sentence would be required, perhaps you can bracket them to make it clear
Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Just like Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, so Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Thanks for the earlier one. :)
Hi friend, here there is a "comparison" and "idiom" problem. Just as....,so is idiom. Want to know why did you remove "just"...,"so" from your answer choice? Not seeing these two words redundant enough to be removed; "just" is emphasizing on first subject and emphasis is lost if "just" is removed.
I came across a problem related to pronouns from Manhattan SC (Pg. 73 Q8 ) which goes something like this: 1. We finally chose the coffee table towards the back of the store, which we thought would complement our living room furniture.
We were supposed to mark all the pronouns, their antecedents and find out if something's is amiss. The explanation states that the underlined which refers to the store instead of the table and hence the sentence is wrong. Can someone please explain why?
Anurag, please refer MH SC (latest edition) chapter 6 Modifiers strategy (Which vs...) page 91 for this explanation I gave earlier
No, "Which" do not always refer to a noun immediately preeceding it. It is context based and meaning dependent.
We finally chose the coffee table towards the back of the store, which we thought would complement our living room furniture.
"Which" may refer to head of the noun phrase ( X) in X of Y or just Y. Here "Which", cannot refer to the "table".
Please refer the Dickenson letter sc from OG-12 ( #26). It is based on the same concept.
In that example "...,which were writen..." is modifying the "letters" which she wrote..unless I missed something, can you please help understanding how it is modifying the clause (if so which clause?)
In that example "...,which were writen..." is modifying the "letters" which she wrote..unless I missed something, can you please help understanding how it is modifying the clause (if so which clause?)
Yes !!
Letters to SHD, which were .... ( technically which should refer to SHD and not to "letters", which is exactly preceeding "which")
But in this case it does !!
So which need not always refer to a noun immediately preeceding it.
I never wrote anywhere that "which" can refer/modify a clause - It can't.
You need a adverb modifier to modify a clause. "Which" is a relative pronoun and always modifies a noun.
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase. (A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive (B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive (C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute (D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain (E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
Please help
This one is a tricky-
(A) so....as....(X) correct is so...that.. (B) so.....(that) missing (X) (C) so..that..correct, but "they are unable to be distinguished" awkward..(X) Between (D) and (E) i think (D) is better... IMO- (D) What is the OA?
As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase. (A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive (B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive (C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute (D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain (E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute
Is it "E"?
I interpret the sentence's meaning as that rising price of gasoline, makes alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive substitute for gasoline; leading to price of bread and livestock feed to rise.
A) use of which sounds incorrect (applies to all A,B,C), substituting an alcohol has made attractive, not the alcohol itself B) distillation of alcohol is attractive C) distilling is made attractive D) substitution of alcohol is intended in this option E) alcohol is correctly modified by essential modifiers and correctly indicates that alcohol is attractive substitute
As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase. (A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive (B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol from cereal grain attractive (C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute (D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain (E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute
Hi , i can not know how parallelism apply to the following question. Please suggest which option is correct & why ?
Q.Sunspots,vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity,are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been sighteed on the sun's poles or equator.
(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been sighted on (B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the sun (C) appear on the surface of the sun as dark spots although never sighted at (D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the sun,although never having been sighted at (E) appear as dark spots on the sun's surface,which have never been sighted on
The Answer is 'A' but i do not know how 'are visible' & 'have never been sighted' are parallel. Please help. Thanks
Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911，Scott Joplin's ragtime opera＂Treemonisha＂was not produced until 1972，sixty-one years after its completion． (A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged (B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it (C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself (D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged (E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself.
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
Please help
Climatic shifts are gradual, shifts and fluctuations indistinguishable
Correct answer E
A and B are indistinguishable sounds more idiomatically correct than A is indistinguishable from B, Without "One" subject is missing. Please confirm what is right answer 😃
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather. (A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable (B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable (C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished (D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable (E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
Please help
I couldnt find your specific doubt regarding this problem. Anyway, the answer should be A.
so X as to Y is the correct idiom . So X that Y is also an acceptable construction but :
that they are unable to be distinguished - This is a bad passive construction. Never use : "able to be X-ed" or "unable to be X-ed." Hope this helps !!
Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911，Scott Joplin's ragtime opera＂Treemonisha＂was not produced until 1972，sixty-one years after its completion． (A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged (B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it (C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself (D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged (E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself.
(B) awkward..concert performance with the composer?? (C) passive...by the composer itself (D) awkward/wordy ...excepting a concert performance.. (E) passive..awkward...with the exception....by the composer...
I interpret the sentence's meaning as that rising price of gasoline, makes alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive substitute for gasoline; leading to price of bread and livestock feed to rise.
A) use of which sounds incorrect (applies to all A,B,C), substituting an alcohol has made attractive, not the alcohol itself B) distillation of alcohol is attractive C) distilling is made attractive D) substitution of alcohol is intended in this option E) alcohol is correctly modified by essential modifiers and correctly indicates that alcohol is attractive substitute
I couldnt find your specific doubt regarding this problem. Anyway, the answer should be A.
so X as to Y is the correct idiom . So X that Y is also an acceptable construction but :
that they are unable to be distinguished - This is a bad passive construction. Never use : "able to be X-ed" or "unable to be X-ed." Hope this helps !!
