Tricky Question

Danielle · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

Ramesh,

Although it doesn't make logical sense that eating habits would have a desire to be thin, that is what the sentence actually says based on the position of the pronoun 'they'. Which is why D is the answer.

swdatta · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject:

Hi Danielle,
For question #3, I understand why C is the correct answer. But I have a question. If D was "theirs waterfronts" instead of "it's waterfronts", which would have been the correct choice? I am trying to understand if it should be "attract new businesses" or "attracting new businesses".

Thanks

CrazyGmatter · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

I hav a doubt regarding Q3...

"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."

the sentence begins with "With its" -- Is "its" in this context referring to Cleveland..??
If so then the focus is on Cleveland and not on the communities.
Implies the verb shud be "is" instead of "are".

Correct me if am Wrong...

Q4 is fine...

Thanks
CG...

Danielle · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

Swdatta, attract vs. attracting is not the major issue you need to look at to make your choice because either is grammatically correct. All a matter of preference really. it's vs. their is the real dilemma on that one.

CG,

The subject of the introductory phrase is Cleveland, but the subject of the rest of the sentence is the group of communities that Cleveland represents, therefore the latter part of the sentence has a plural subject.