Can someone explain these two sentence - 1.If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or even suspected, the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant, they would have advised owners of Koniko stock to unload all shares immediately. (A) If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (B) Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated (C) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (D) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated (E) If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated 2.If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental. (A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of (B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating (C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of (D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating (E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating
Can someone explain these two sentence - 1.If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or even suspected, the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant, they would have advised owners of Koniko stock to unload all shares immediately. (A) If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (B) Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated (C) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (D) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated (E) If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated 2.If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental. (A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of (B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating (C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of (D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating (E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating
My take:
1. D. "they would have advised" => any people. "had anticipated" identifies the time line.
2. D. Correct idiom - between X & Y. Parallellism - eating, excelling
Can someone explain these two sentence - 1.If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or even suspected, the impending sale of the Koniko kelp processing plant, they would have advised owners of Koniko stock to unload all shares immediately. (A) If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (B) Had anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated (C) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated (D) If any people at InterCom Financial Advisers had anticipated (E) If anybody at InterCom Financial Advisers anticipated 2.If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of highly processed foods and excelling at sports is purely coincidental. (A) If Dr. Wade was right, any apparent connection of the eating of (B) Should Dr. Wade be right, any apparent connection of eating (C) If Dr. Wade is right, any connection that is apparent between eating of (D) If Dr. Wade is right, any apparent connection between eating (E) Should Dr. Wade have been right, any connection apparent between eating
1) this is a case of Subjunctive mood and pronoun agreement I think anyone cannot go with they any people can go with they (people is collective since any is used individuals are being considered in the group) This leaves C and D. D expresses the subjunctive mood with precision so I think Answer has to be D 2)This is a case of conditional "sports is purely" is in present tense so the condition should also use present sentence. Then comes the use of idiom between X and Y where X and Y have to be parallel D satisfies both requirements and I think D is the Answer
1) 2)This is a case of conditional "sports is purely" is in present tense so the condition should also use present sentence. Then comes the use of idiom between X and Y where X and Y have to be parallel D satisfies both requirements and I think D is the Answer
everyone has answered to second Ques perfectly...no doubt in that..
I just wanted to point out that the author is testing our knowledge of the idiom "connection between" and not that "between ..and". Only (D) and (E) uses the correct idiom i.e "connection between", but in (E) "connection apparent between" is wrong..it has to be "apparent connection between"...this was the reason I chose (D) in the first case.
Moreover, as shiva pointed out, "sport is purely" uses singular verb which refers to singular "connection"....
A majority of railway commuters reads or listens to music while travelling.
I feel it should be read n listen instead ...
Ne comments
Majority is a collective noun and therefore takes singular verbs. Here the subject is A majority and the individuals of majority are not considered. So I think A majority of railway commuters reads or listens is correct
Majority is a collective noun and therefore takes singular verbs. Here the subject is A majority and the individuals of majority are not considered. So I think A majority of railway commuters reads or listens is correct
c if u go thru the example in manhattan ch2 ..... there is an example where "majority" is used both as a singular verb form and a plural verb form . Here dont u think the majority refers to the individual members of the majority i.e the commuters ..... as in the 1st example.
c if u go thru the example in manhattan ch2 ..... there is an example where "majority" is used both as a singular verb form and a plural verb form . Here dont u think the majority refers to the individual members of the majority i.e the commuters ..... as in the 1st example.
A majority of raliway commuters "read" and "listen" ...is correct...majority refers to "greater number"....in other words ..greater number of railway commuters read or listen (not reads and listens).
Shiva, "majority" will take singular verb only when it is used as the subject in the sentence...here in this context, subject is "railway commuters" which is plural.
A majority of raliway commuters "read" and "listen" ...is correct...majority refers to "greater number"....in other words ..greater number of railway commuters read or listen (not reads and listens).
Shiva, "majority" will take singular verb only when it is used as the subject in the sentence...here in this context, subject is "railway commuters" which is plural.
Montaques is right. "majority/minority" are singular when refering to a group but plural when referring to a number of individuals.
I think if the original sentence were "Among the railway commuters, a majority read/s and listen/s..."
Montaques is right. "majority/minority" are singular when refering to a group but plural when referring to a number of individuals.
I think if the original sentence were "Among the railway commuters, a majority read/s and listen/s..."
Here, it should be "reads and listens..."
Am I right?
I would still go for "read and listen" because in this sentence, subject is still "railway commuters" which is plural. "majority" uses a singular verb only when it is a SUBject of the sentence. for example, a government's majority has .....:smile:
guys, need ur inputs on this... 1.An attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, has been unsuccessful despite efforts by many important groups, including the National Organization for Women. (A) to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, (B) begun almost two decades ago, for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (C) begun for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment almost two decades ago (D) at ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, (E) that has begun almost two decades ago to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
I would still go for "read and listen" because in this sentence, subject is still "railway commuters" which is plural. "majority" uses a singular verb only when it is a SUBject of the sentence. for example, a government's majority has .....:smile:
In the statement "Among the railway commuters, a majority read/s and listen/s...", by majority we mean, a majority group which is singular. It is a grp out of all the commuters...
guys, need ur inputs on this... 1.An attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, has been unsuccessful despite efforts by many important groups, including the National Organization for Women. (A) to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, (B) begun almost two decades ago, for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (C) begun for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment almost two decades ago (D) at ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, (E) that has begun almost two decades ago to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
I think none of the choices is absolutely correct. Begun has to be with "has" so the only possible option is E.
Correct statement should be
An attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which began almost two decades ago, has been unsuccessful despite efforts by many important groups, including the National Organization for Women.
Or may be, since an attempt is a progressive thing continuing into present, so option E can actually be right.
A majority of raliway commuters "read" and "listen" ...is correct...majority refers to "greater number"....in other words ..greater number of railway commuters read or listen (not reads and listens).
Shiva, "majority" will take singular verb only when it is used as the subject in the sentence...here in this context, subject is "railway commuters" which is plural.
Montaqes, Here Majority is the subject the sentence is talking about Majority. U simply cannot use the word Majority without a qualifier for example if u say A majority enjoyed my show then there is a question A majority of whom? so majority will always be used like this ---- A majority of students, A majority of voters so A majority of railway commuters Examples of distinctive actions of a majority A majority of students have scored 80 in maths. Here each individual student has to score and majority can't score collectively A majority of people are expected to sign. Each individual has to sign here
Group action A majority of people cheers for CSK in IPL. Here group action absolutely makes sense A majority of Commuters enjoys my music. Here group action absolutely makes sense so A majority of railway commuters reads and listens. Group action is absolutely valid here. Thats what I think. ashwarya see if this is useful to you by applying this to examples of Manhattan
