can some expalin how to go a head with this SC.... ? Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal. (A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing (D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing (E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
B & D can be eliminated as 'emotions' is the subject so verb should be 'were'.
So remaining are A,C & E.
A is wrong b/c it uses redundant words 'repeatedly........again'.
Now b/w C & E.
I think the correct idiom is 'anger about' so eliminating C and ans E.
Ur suggestions and criticisms are welcome..........
can some expalin how to go a head with this SC.... ? Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal. (A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing (D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing (E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
I think the answer is 'B' ..
When among is part of the sentence, was/were depends on what follows among..So here it is anger and therefore was.............
Adding to what pushing_hard has posted ,it refers to the comet and not the astronomers. As Shiva had correctly pointed out in his previous post , it is used to refer to inanimate things.So it over here refers unambigously to the comet ( and i stress again "Comet", an inanimate thing). There shudnt b any confusion regardin it referring to some singular or plural thing ( coz it cant refer to animate things ) .
Comet : Inanimate Astronomers : Animate
Hope its clear now .
Thx a lot for this clarification! I missed this point entirely while differentiating the two questions...!
can some expalin how to go a head with this SC.... ? Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal. (A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal (C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing (D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing (E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
I think there are two variations one among many---, among---many--one -- Here only anger among emotions is mentioned so singular verb has to be used A. were--not correct. repeatedly------over and over again(redundant) -- rule out B.was-- correct, redundancy is removed, parallel verb structure is maintained. Correct choice C.were--rule out-- also preventing--to begin is not idiomatic preventing from should be used D. there are modifier errors and sentence is awkward because of the use of ",and" preventing---to is not idiomatic . still raw modifies battles (illogical) not correct E.were--incorrect. Also were--anger----,and preventing makes the reader to think preventing the raw wounds was also one of the emotions(illogical)
The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the air- lines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifica- tions to older planes (B) new federal rules, which call for major modifi- cations to older planes (C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes (D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules (E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules
Can anybody tell whats the answer for this and explain the reason behind it?
grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the air- lines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifica- tions to older planes (B) new federal rules, which call for major modifi- cations to older planes (C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes (D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules (E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules Can anybody tell whats the answer for this and explain the reason behind it?
I think the answer is 'c'
'A' - Calling is not the right form 'B' has 'which' that is unnecessary 'D' -is/are called for is the right form.. I dont see anything wrong in 'E' but I think it is in a different voice...
The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the air- lines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifica- tions to older planes (B) new federal rules, which call for major modifi- cations to older planes (C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes (D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules (E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules
Can anybody tell whats the answer for this and explain the reason behind it?
I think the answer is C. A. because gives a cause and effect relationship. without a verb the this becomes a sentence fragment( calling is not a verb by itself here it is a participle) B.Two reasons are given in the original sentence. Here the use of "," merges the second reason with the modifier starting with which. Changes the meaning of the sentence C.Looks ok. D.passive construction E. wordy passive construction.
I think the answer is C. A. because gives a cause and effect relationship. without a verb the this becomes a sentence fragment( calling is not a verb by itself here it is a participle) B.Two reasons are given in the original sentence. Here the use of "," merges the second reason with the modifier starting with which. Changes the meaning of the sentence C.Looks ok. D.passive construction E. wordy passive construction.
Found this explanation on net :
OA - C - correct - The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules call(verb) for major modifications to older planes(clause) and because the airlinesare adding(verb) hundreds of new jets(clause) A - incorrect - violating parallelism - The demandforairplanemechanicsisexpectedtogrow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes(noun phrase) and because the airlines areadding hundreds of new jets(clause) B - incorrect - violating parallelism - The demandforairplanemechanicsisexpectedtogrow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules(noun), which call for major modifications to older planes(non-restrictive clause)and because the airlines are adding hundreds of new jets(clause) D, E - incorrect - passive
can some one explain this sentence .... At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards (B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards (C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership (D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards (E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
can some one explain this sentence .... At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards (B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards (C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership (D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards (E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
Is the answer ' E ' .....
We are talking about a past action that was in practice for a while.. So we need to use 'had been' ...
I think there are two variations one among many---, among---many--one -- Here only anger among emotions is mentioned so singular verb has to be used A. were--not correct. repeatedly------over and over again(redundant) -- rule out B.was-- correct, redundancy is removed, parallel verb structure is maintained. Correct choice C.were--rule out-- also preventing--to begin is not idiomatic preventing from should be used D. there are modifier errors and sentence is awkward because of the use of ",and" preventing---to is not idiomatic . still raw modifies battles (illogical) not correct E.were--incorrect. Also were--anger----,and preventing makes the reader to think preventing the raw wounds was also one of the emotions(illogical)
Shiva,
Could u explain the variation of among many.......& among....many.....one....
can some one explain this sentence .... At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards (B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards (C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership (D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards (E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
I think the answer is A A. the underlined phrase correctly modifies --a return to communal ownership( answers what type of ownership) B. what is respected by Spaniards? this modifier makes us to believe a return was respected. changes the meaning of the original sentence C.again this gives a notion a return to was respected by Spaniards(at least ok) what about and a pre-columbian? D.land in which(which land?) E.land--that. this says land was form of pre-columbian form---awkward and illogical
