SC Question

mandeepak · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: SC Question

Question 1
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Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.

(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than

(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than

(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were

(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were

(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than

Correct answer is C. Why is C incorrect

Question 2
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The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye.

(A) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye

(B) however, the wavelength of infrared radiation—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible

(C) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long for the eye to register it

(D) however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for the eye to register and thus invisible

(E) however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible

Correct Answer is A, Why is E incorrect

pahwa · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:

request you to pls underline the part of sentence under scanner.

Danielle · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

Question 1.
The answer is B. C is wrong because 'in isolation' places an unnecessary preposition, "in" between the two words in the phrase 'were isolated'. Once you realize that 'in isolation' is wrong, you can choose between answer choices B and D, and D has 'were' at the end, which is wrong. It shouldn't be included at all.

Question 2.
E is incorrect because in that answer choice the phrase is set up as two independent phrases, with incorrect punctuation. 'however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters' is one independent phrase, and 'that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible' is the second independent phrase. In this answer, there is NO punctuation between these two phrases, when it is clear that they either should be separated by a semicolon or a period. Add that to the fact that the example sentence already has a semicolon set-up, this sentence would be cumbersome and not concise even with the right punctuation.

ranji · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:53 am Post subject:

Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.

I am confused between B and D again.

B says "inuits were isolated from contact with europeans longer than Aleutus ....."

is it parallel? should'nt the comparison be between time frame inuits were isolated and the time frame aleutus were isolated.

In that case,

D says "inuits were isolated from contact with europeans longer than were Aleutus .....", which seems to correctly compare the time frames..

please clarify on the same please..I need to make sure that I am analyzing correctly! got to beat the verbal!!

Danielle · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:40 am Post subject:

B is correct because it is parallel -- the 'were' part of the expression is silent at the end. This is an idiomatic usage you'll see often in English, i.e.:
Inuits of the Bering Sea were isolated from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska were isolated.

Because "were isolated" is a dangling participle, it is not written, its meaning is implied. If you look at the first part of the example, 'Inuits of the Bering Sea were isolated', then B is parallel. D places 'were' before 'Aleuts, etc' and that's out of order from the first part of the sentence technically.

Is that more helpful to you?

muks · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:42 am Post subject:

I'll prefer D in Q1. I think the presence of "were" makes it more clear.

Danielle · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:

Alright mandeepak, what's the real OA on Q1? It's obviously a typo there! Looks like this one won't be settled until we know what the OA is...

mandeepak · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:14 am Post subject:

OA - B

resilient · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: ambiguity

choice c is ambigous however isnt choice a (solution) ambiguous also? in hcoice a we have a ITS but we dont know if it refers to the eye, structure, sense or light? I understand what the intention of the sentence is but overall the sentence solution is also ambiguous! Can someone explain the ambiguity!?

Stuart Kovinsky · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

Where is the question from?

I'd have definitely gone with (d), because (b) is ambiguous - we could imply a "were" at the end, or we could imply a "than" in the middle, which would give the sentence 2 completely different meanings.

In other words, without explicit language the comparison is ambiguous. One is not allowed to omit words if the meaning is thereby rendered unclear.

In fact, I'd have bet a fair sum of money that (d) is correct!

resilient · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: og

The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye.

(A) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye

(B) however, the wavelength of infrared radiation—0.1 millimeters—is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible

(C) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength—0.1 millimeters—is too long for the eye to register it

(D) however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for the eye to register and thus invisible

(E) however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible

Correct Answer is A, Why is E incorrect

this question come from og verbal question # 107

rey.fernandez · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: