hi
when do we use "caused by" and when "because of" ?
see the following sentences :-
1)the game was postponed due to/because of rain.
2)the game's postponment was because of/due to rain.
why the following sentence is incorrect..?
he exercises everyday so as to build his stamina?
instead the following has been given as correct..
he exerises in an effort to build his stamina.
......i am stumped by this...!!
Emily Dickinsons letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother and ending shortly before Emilys death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
- A. Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother and ending shortly before Emilys death in 1886, outnumbering
- B. Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother and ended shortly before Emilys death in 1886, outnumber
- C. Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother and that ends shortly before Emilys death in 1886and outnumbering
- D. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother, ending shortly before Emilys death in 1886, and outnumbering
- E. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susans marriage to Emilys brother and ending shortly before Emilys death in 1886, outnumber :idea:
I would like to add these
A participle is often used to express purpose (or a cause ). It is illogical to say Emily Dickinson wrote her letters to A to outnumber --- those written to B. So I think option with outnumbering is not correct.
Anyway arch, ( XXXX...outnumber XXX....outnumbering )
I too think 4X is better than 3X 😃
In astronomy the term red shift denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
guys please help me out with the explanation of the answer....
In astronomy the term red shift denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
guys please help me out with the explanation of the answer....
I think A is the best option even though passive because the rest of the sentence demands that......hope this helps
I feel A is correct since its talks of a phenomenon which is continuous in nature. So option A with "has been" is more appropriate than option B. Rest all options donot make sense.
-nikhil
I feel A is correct since its talks of a phenomenon which is continuous in nature. So option A with "has been" is more appropriate than option B. Rest all options donot make sense.
-nikhil
hey, don't u think if has to be coninuous it should be "has been shifting"..
moreover, in such sentences time is usually indicated using prepositions like from, for or since.....i agree it may nt be the case always
i feel since the sentence is describing a phenomenon there's no use of making it continuous...it is a simple truth or a simple defn...hence, present perfect is jus very puhfect...i ll go for option B
i also think answer B using simple past is better then past perfect A.
Can you post the OA ?
In astronomy the term red shift denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
guys please help me out with the explanation of the answer....
Here the term is " red shift" -- shift means from some position to the other position so present perfect seems good (gives a connection from past to present). " extent to" is the idiom. So I think A is the answer
ashishjha100 SaysI think A is the best option even though passive because the rest of the sentence demands that......hope this helps
The answer is A..
But what I doubt is that why should it be "has been" instead of "has"...
Guys please help.........
In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
guys please help me out with the explanation of the answer....
Hi...
I think I have come across this question before....
The sentence should be precise and simple.
(E)extent of the shift of light from a distant galaxy is the best one..
In astronomy the term red shift denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
guys please help me out with the explanation of the answer....
"Has been" shifted is more appropriate and in line with the sentence rather than the alone "has" is .....
The answer is A..
But what I doubt is that why should it be "has been" instead of "has"...
Guys please help.........
I think A is correct. We need "has been" instead of "has" as it needs to connect with 'by' in latter part of statement. 'has been shifted..by' is correct and not 'has shifted..by' in this context.
Please confirm if A is the answer.
Could any one provide explanation to the questions below?
1:In the United States, of the people who moved from one state to another when they retired, the percentage who retired to Florida has decreased by three percentage points over the past ten years. Since many local businesses in Florida cater to retirees, this decline is likely to have a noticeably negative economic effect on these businesses.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
- Florida attracts more people who move from one state to another when they retire than does any other state.
- The number of people who move out of Florida to accept employment in other states has increased over the past ten years.
- There are far more local businesses in Florida that cater to tourists than there are local businesses that cater to retirees.
- The total number of people who retired and moved to another state for their retirement has increased significantly over the past ten years.
- The number of people who left Florida when they retired to live in another state was greater last year than it was ten years ago.
2:Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
- a greater proportion than it was
- a greater proportion than
- a greater proportion than they have been
- which is greater than was so
- which is greater than it has been
3:The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scalethe seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?
- Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.
- No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatomic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.
- The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.
- Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale.
- The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.
4:Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, Chinas first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.
- took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
- took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
- took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
- 700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
- to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years
1. D
2. C
3. E
4. B
Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper? 
A) while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?B) as he rode to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?C) on a scrap of paper while riding to Gettysburg?D) on a scrap of paper while he rode to Gettysburg?E) while riding to Gettysburg on a buggy?
I feel option D to be correct.?but the correct ans is nt D.
Guyz pl help with ur views
Hai everyone kindly post answers for the following:
1.A "calendar stick" carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
2.A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
3.A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770's, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman
4.A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
5.A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
I feel option D to be correct.?but the correct ans is nt D.
Guyz pl help with ur views
i think the answer should be C..
on a scrap of paper while riding to Gettsberg
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Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
I feel option D to be correct.?but the correct ans is nt D.
Guyz pl help with ur views
First point is 'he did not ride on a scrap of paper'. So A, B and E are out.
In D, 'While he rode' seems wrong. while needs a progressive verb. So my answer is C.
Guys I have doubts in the following questions. Can anyone explain the answers to me.
1. Herself the mother of seven children, Mrs. New- land discusses the care of infants in very helpful ways.
(A) Herself
(B) Herself being
(C) In that she is herself
(D) Because of being herself
(E) Being herself
Ans: (A)
2. In cooperation with the school system, exceptional children requiring one-to-one contact are offered assistance by professional instructors in the program.
(A) In cooperation with the school system, excep- tional children requiring one-to-one contact are offered assistance by professional instructors in the program.
(B) In cooperation with the school system, the program offers assistance by professional instructors to exceptional children requiring one - to-one contact.
(C) In the program which Is In cooperation with the school system, professional instructors are offering assistance to exceptional children requiring one -to-one contact.
(D) Exceptional children requiring one - to-one contact are offered assistance by professional instructors in the program, which Is in cooperation with the school system.
(E) Exceptional children requiring one-to-one contact, In cooperation with the school system, are being offered assistance by professional instructors In the program.
Ans: (B)