I think "Up Until Recently" is different from "Until Recently". Although it seems like the word "up" doesn't change the meaning, it does and it's very subtle.
The phrase "up until recently" puts more emphasis on the time span.. However, "until recently" doesn't give that kind of an extra focus.
For Example:-
Up until now, he has never spoken a word. Until now, he has never spoken a word.
I think "up" puts more focus on "now".
1) what is up until recently? I can remove up without changing the meaning of the sentence so up should be redundant (thats what I think 😃 ). Until recently means thats no longer the case so the sentence should use had sheltered right why the present have? this is why I didn't select D. 2) the earlier airbags inflates with a burst of smoke. If we say inflated to make then the purpose of airbags was to terrify passengers right? This is illogical.So I chose inflated and made (make is awkward)
Can someone plz help me with the reasoning for these questions?!.. Thanks a ton!
1.With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English. (A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English (B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English (C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English (D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation (E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English The OA is (D) - shouldn't the verb be "is" instead of "are" ?!
2.With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses. (A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract (B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract (C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract (D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting (E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract The OA is (C) - again I feel the verb must be "is" and not "are". Kindly clarify!
3.Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible. (A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible. (B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible. (C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts. (D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits. (E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible. The OA is (D) - I chose (E) though. Can someone plz help me understand what's wrong in (E)?
4.A private house in New York City is a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space. (A) a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space (B) one that an individual or individuals own with fewer than eight units and no commercial space (C) a building with fewer than eight units, no commercial space, and is owned by an individual or individuals (D) one that has fewer than eight units, no commercial space and it is owned by an individual or individuals (E) one that has fewer than eight units, is owned by an individual or individuals, and has no commercial space The OA is (E) - I was more inclined towards (C).
5.A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered, is not only a natural sweetener but also prevents tooth decay. (A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered (B) A substance, which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (C) A substance from the licorice plant, which was recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (D) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose , which was recently discovered (E) A recently discovered substance, 50 times sweeter than sucrose from the licorice plant, The OA is (B) - I chose (C) and I can't find anything wrong with it!
I think "Up Until Recently" is different from "Until Recently". Although it seems like the word "up" doesn't change the meaning, it does and it's very subtle.
The phrase "up until recently" puts more emphasis on the time span.. However, "until recently" doesn't give that kind of an extra focus.
For Example:-
Up until now, he has never spoken a word. Until now, he has never spoken a word.
I think "up" puts more focus on "now".
I have found this sentence as it is on NYTimes website. (A) is correct.
1) what is up until recently? I can remove up without changing the meaning of the sentence so up should be redundant (thats what I think 😃 ). Until recently means thats no longer the case so the sentence should use had sheltered right why the present have? this is why I didn't select D. 2) the earlier airbags inflates with a burst of smoke. If we say inflated to make then the purpose of airbags was to terrify passengers right? This is illogical.So I chose inflated and made (make is awkward)
1) I guess here the focus is on description of igloos/housing in the rest of the sentence. So, the sentence we
2) Here 'i feel make' would be correct as we have a 'would' calling this part of sentence
Can someone plz help me with the reasoning for these questions?!.. Thanks a ton!
1.With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English. (A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English (B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English (C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English (D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation (E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English The OA is (D) shouldnt the verb be is instead of are ?!
2.With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses. (A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract (B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract (C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract (D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting (E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract The OA is (C) again I feel the verb must be is and not are. Kindly clarify!
3.Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible. (A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible. (B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible. (C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts. (D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits. (E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible. The OA is (D) I chose (E) though. Can someone plz help me understand whats wrong in (E)?
4.A private house in New York City is a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space. (A) a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space (B) one that an individual or individuals own with fewer than eight units and no commercial space (C) a building with fewer than eight units, no commercial space, and is owned by an individual or individuals (D) one that has fewer than eight units, no commercial space and it is owned by an individual or individuals (E) one that has fewer than eight units, is owned by an individual or individuals, and has no commercial space The OA is (E) I was more inclined towards (C).
5.A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered, is not only a natural sweetener but also prevents tooth decay. (A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered (B) A substance, which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (C) A substance from the licorice plant, which was recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (D) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose , which was recently discovered (E) A recently discovered substance, 50 times sweeter than sucrose from the licorice plant, The OA is (B) I chose (C) and I cant find anything wrong with it!
1) & 2) the 'several Germanic languages' and the 'large number of communities ' are referred here and so we need a plural in both cases.
3) i am not sure about this but i guess 'they' in D clearly referred to BOTH 'ballet dancers and gymnasts' while we cant exactly say the same about E. Here in E, 'they' could be either the group of dancers, or the group of gymnasts, or both. There is scope for ambiguity.
4)In C, in the commercial space part, parallelism is missing
5) In C, the part of sentence after the comma refers to licorice plant whereas it should be referring to the substance in licorice plant.
As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s, so that they could learn to fall without being hurt. (A) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s (B) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling (C) Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling as part of their therapy (D) Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapyďźˆE (E) During the 1950s, as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling
1.Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science. (A) that they believe is (B) that they believe it to be (C) they believe that it is of (D) they believe that isďźˆE (E) they believe to be of
I'm still not convinced about Q4 though. I don't quite understand how parallel structure fits in here.. can you plz explain?!
1) & 2) the 'several Germanic languages' and the 'large number of communities ' are referred here and so we need a plural in both cases.
3) i am not sure about this but i guess 'they' in D clearly referred to BOTH 'ballet dancers and gymnasts' while we cant exactly say the same about E. Here in E, 'they' could be either the group of dancers, or the group of gymnasts, or both. There is scope for ambiguity.
4)In C, in the commercial space part, parallelism is missing
5) In C, the part of sentence after the comma refers to licorice plant whereas it should be referring to the substance in licorice plant.
As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s, so that they could learn to fall without being hurt. (A) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s (B) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling (C) Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling as part of their therapy (D) Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapyďźˆE (E) During the 1950s, as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling
Guys pl xplain the answer...
I think the clause 'so that they could learn to fall without being hurt' would be unambiguous only when it has falling before the comma. In this case, the focus would be on 'practice falling' a sit should be. Please let me know if i am wrong.
I'm still not convinced about Q4 though. I don't quite understand how parallel structure fits in here.. can you plz explain?!
4. A private house in New York City is a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space.
(C) a building with fewer than eight units, no commercial space, and is owned by an individual or individuals
Here you can see the underlined part as a defintion of Private house. So, if we can break up the sentence into several sentences it would be as follows.
1) A private house in New York City is a building with fewer than eight units. 2) A private house in New York City no commercial space. 3) A private house in New York City is owned by an individual or individuals.
As you see the second sentence does not make sense.
In Choice E, the same part reads as A private house in New York City has no commercial space.
Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh. (A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as (B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as (D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with (E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh. (A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as (B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as (D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with (E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh. (A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as (B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as (D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with (E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
Hi Anish,
Answer to this shud be (C)....
Though there is nothing strikingly wrong in the first option, the use of "have" instead of "share" is, i think, more accurate. when these two tribes have nothing in common, how can they "share" that "nothing" :laugh: ..
Note: I have already seen this question somewhere and got it wrong that time:huh:
Due to the continual rain, a smaller number of spectators witnessed the game than had been expected.
A)Due to the continual rain, a smaller number B)Due to the continuous rain, a smaller number C)Due to the continual rain, a lesser number D)Because of the rain that kept falling now and then, a smaller number E)Because of the continual rain, a smaller number
The OA is (E).. I was more inclined towards (B); Rain can never be continual right? It is always continuous. Plz correct me if i'm wrong!
Due to the continual rain, a smaller number of spectators witnessed the game than had been expected.
A)Due to the continual rain, a smaller number B)Due to the continuous rain, a smaller number C)Due to the continual rain, a lesser number D)Because of the rain that kept falling now and then, a smaller number E)Because of the continual rain, a smaller number
The OA is (E).. I was more inclined towards (B); Rain can never be continual right? It is always continuous. Plz correct me if i'm wrong!
Arch,
we use "continual" to show that the particular event is continued without breaks, and "continuous" can be used for the event which happens at regular intervals. in this context, authors suggests that rain didn't stop at any point of time and hence a smaller number of spectators came.
Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh. (A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as (B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as (D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with (E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
B is my choice. Share,..should be followed by with.
Though there is nothing strikingly wrong in the first option, the use of "have" instead of "share" is, i think, more accurate. when these two tribes have nothing in common, how can they "share" that "nothing" :laugh: ..
Note: I have already seen this question somewhere and got it wrong that time:huh:
Hiiiii!! I also believe the answer should be C.. "because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners do" As "do" is not there..Share has to be replaced by have But is it not right to use ... " I dont share the same feelings as you do"??? Puys !!! Please comment..
Hiiiii!! I also believe the answer should be C.. "because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners do" As "do" is not there..Share has to be replaced by have But is it not right to use ... " I dont share the same feelings as you do"??? Puys !!! Please comment..
thanx everyone for prompt replies. yes, answer is (C).
I have no issues regarding (C) except that I think "do not have same heritage as northeasteners" should be followed by "have"...am i wrong?
Is 'have same heritage as northeasteners' fine?
So I marked (B) which seemed fit.
(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as
1.Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science. (A) that they believe is (B) that they believe it to be (C) they believe that it is of (D) they believe that is(E) (E) they believe to be of
Guys pl xplain....
Answer should be E... "of" should come before type...because we cant say only.."is a type" So we come to C and E.. Use of "that" is redundant here.." One "serves that purpose.... So E.. What do you say?
Hiiiii!! I also believe the answer should be C.. "because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners do" As "do" is not there..Share has to be replaced by have But is it not right to use ... " I dont share the same feelings as you do"??? Puys !!! Please comment..
thanx everyone for prompt replies. yes, answer is (C).
I have no issues regarding (C) except that I think "do not have same heritage as northeasteners" should be followed by "have"...am i wrong?
Is 'have same heritage as northeasteners' fine?
So I marked (B) which seemed fit.
(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with (C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as