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sameerbhagwatmba1
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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: c or e?? |
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Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes
undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids,<< a scale
developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular
asteroid or comet may>> collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how
likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely
a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the
likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the
likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.
According to me the answer should be e, but its given as c |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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imo C..
E alters the meaning...may is necessary here.... |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| stubbornp wrote: | imo C..
E alters the meaning...may is necessary here.... |
U r right .. The sentence already talk about likelihood so may is redndant. There is a problem in introdcing the second sub clause as well (followinf the second that ). |
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