Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(A) Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(B) Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.
(C) Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia. (D) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
(E) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
Doode I think mountainous regions can be chiseled from solid rock and not the monasteries and therefore A must be the right answer.You correctly said that "Them" in choice A refers to "Mountainous region"
Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(A) Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(B) Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.
(C) Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia. (D) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
(E) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
Doode I think mountainous regions can be chiseled from solid rock and not the monasteries and therefore A must be the right answer.You correctly said that "Them" in choice A refers to "Mountainous region"
The Correct Answer is (E).
(A) Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(B) Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.
(C) Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia. (D) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
(E) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
Doode I think mountainous regions can be chiseled from solid rock and not the monasteries and therefore A must be the right answer.You correctly said that "Them" in choice A refers to "Mountainous region"
The Correct Answer is (E).
Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(A) Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.
(B) Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.
(C) Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia. (D) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
(E) The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.
Doode I think mountainous regions can be chiseled from solid rock and not the monasteries and therefore A must be the right answer.You correctly said that "Them" in choice A refers to "Mountainous region"
The intented meaning is monastries are chiseled from solid rocks and not mountanious region.
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
one more...
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static,
Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.
A. Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static
B. Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being relatively simple and static
C. Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
D. Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
E. Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being relatively simple and static
and one more...
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
as much because X as because Y should be the construction. as much--as is the idiom. So is used as intensifier-- so that is not needed. Here two reasons should be stated logically i.e X and Y
A. sales so bad --that . Two reasons are not stated. Instead a reason for sales being bad last year is stated doesn't go with the intent of the statement
B. sales a year earlier-- requires past tense
C. as much because --X as bad as. Not a proper construction
D. Correct
E.sales of a year!!!!
I think answer is D
one more...
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static,
Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.
A. Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static
B. Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being relatively simple and static
C. Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
D. Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
E. Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being relatively simple and static
A. The conviction is wrongly compared with Barbara McClintock
B. Wordy and awkward
C. colleagues being convinced that--- awkward and doesn't express the contrast
D. Looks correct
E.Even with cannot express the contrast.
It it 'E'?
Reasoning
-> idiom..as bad as..
-> 'that' in the end refers to sales...
pls correct me if i am wrong
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
I will go for 'D'. 'Her' is pointing to Barbara - modifier error
one more...
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static,
Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.
A. Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static
B. Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being relatively simple and static
C. Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
D. Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
E. Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being relatively simple and static
and one more...
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
I think the answer is again D :nervous:
A.Minivans should be subject separated from modifiers. Minivans carry--- and, is not correct because some thing is expected after and before comma to complete a complex sentence or it should have been ,and
B.they is redundant Minivan is a clear subject followed by modifiers, the sentence looks fine even if they is removed.
C. ,and have a lower cost is not needed a series of actions are mention properly terminated at the end by ",and have a smoother ride" also they is redundant
D.Looks correct
E. the cost is lower is awkward when read with minivans also they is redundant.
as much because X as because Y should be the construction. as much--as is the idiom. So is used as intensifier-- so that is not needed. Here two reasons should be stated logically i.e X and Y
A. sales so bad --that . Two reasons are not stated. Instead a reason for sales being bad last year is stated doesn't go with the intent of the statement
B. sales a year earlier-- requires past tense
C. as much because --X as bad as. Not a proper construction
D. Correct
E.sales of a year!!!!
I think answer is D
Hi Shiva,
thanks dude...i completely ignored this idiom
Bunty4Billi SaysI will go for 'D'. 'Her' is pointing to Barbara - modifier error
Hi Bunty,
answer is indeed (D)...
I think the answer is again D :nervous:
A.Minivans should be subject separated from modifiers. Minivans carry--- and, is not correct because some thing is expected after and before comma to complete a complex sentence or it should have been ,and
B.they is redundant Minivan is a clear subject followed by modifiers, the sentence looks fine even if they is removed.
C. ,and have a lower cost is not needed a series of actions are mention properly terminated at the end by ",and have a smoother ride" also they is redundant
D.Looks correct
E. the cost is lower is awkward when read with minivans also they is redundant.
Shiva,
u r absltly correct ...answer is indeed D....and thanks for this descriptive explaination
Hi Bunty,
answer is indeed (D)...
Montaqes,
When I solved this problem earlier, I also thought ans is D. But recently i read an explanation from a guy(who gave perfect score that OA is wrong).I'll post his explanation.
D is awkward and confusing in that it has two modifying phrases ("carrying as many as seven passengers" and "compared with most sport utility vehicles") between the subject "minivans" and the first verb "cost".
Reading the sentence as choice D phrases it, when I get to "compared" I first think it's the verb. Only when I get to "cost" do I realize that the phrase beginning with "compared" is not the predicate but a second modifier. D is confusing also in that it is not clear in what way minivans are being compared with most SUVs. Is the fact that minivans carry as many as seven passengers one of the differences? There is absolutely nothing wrong with choice A. It tells us two things about minivans: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers. Minivans (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. Since these two facts have the same subject, we can put them together, without repeating the subject, and inserting "and" between the verbs: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. It would be wrong to put a comma in front of "and". On the other hand, the comma after "and" makes perfect sense: it's one of a pair of commas setting off the modifying phrase "compared with most SUVs".
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drugs maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which
Montaqes,
When I solved this problem earlier, I also thought ans is D. But recently i read an explanation from a guy(who gave perfect score that OA is wrong).I'll post his explanation.
D is awkward and confusing in that it has two modifying phrases ("carrying as many as seven passengers" and "compared with most sport utility vehicles") between the subject "minivans" and the first verb "cost".
Reading the sentence as choice D phrases it, when I get to "compared" I first think it's the verb. Only when I get to "cost" do I realize that the phrase beginning with "compared" is not the predicate but a second modifier. D is confusing also in that it is not clear in what way minivans are being compared with most SUVs. Is the fact that minivans carry as many as seven passengers one of the differences? There is absolutely nothing wrong with choice A. It tells us two things about minivans: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers. Minivans (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. Since these two facts have the same subject, we can put them together, without repeating the subject, and inserting "and" between the verbs: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. It would be wrong to put a comma in front of "and". On the other hand, the comma after "and" makes perfect sense: it's one of a pair of commas setting off the modifying phrase "compared with most SUVs".
Since i also chose (A), I tend to agree with the above reasoning :2gunfire:
It is a perfect eye-opener for all of us that sometimes the OA can also be wrong.....
@Shiva,
any take on this explaination....
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drugs maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which
my pick is E.....
is that corrrect?
my pick is E.....
is that corrrect?
I think its 'C' .
Three times the price , (per miligram),that the drug's maker charges.
Since i also chose (A), I tend to agree with the above reasoning :2gunfire:
It is a perfect eye-opener for all of us that sometimes the OA can also be wrong.....
@Shiva,
any take on this explaination....
For now I don't have any :). Need to go through the grammar stuff on "and,"
What is the source of these SCs?