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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: 1000 SC, question no. 337, 2 errors? |
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337. Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where two persons develop a unique and private language with highly original vocabulary and syntax.
(A) where two persons develop a unique and private language with
(B) when two persons develop a unique and private language having
(C) in which two persons have unique and private language development with
(D) having two persons who develop a unique and private language that has
(E) in which two persons develop a unique and private language with
E? I see a grammatical error it shoudl be "an" unique, and also shoudl be people the plural and not persons?  _________________ Isis Alaska |
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In American English, it is actually "a unique..." because the "u" sound here is a hard u. And you can use either people or persons - persons is a bit old-fashioned but not incorrect. (And, actually, the test often likes to use old-fashioned-but-correct stuff to trip us up.) _________________ Stacey Koprince
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Can you really use a vowel in front of another vowel? after 10 years in this country it is the firts time I coem across that
Is thsi teh only case? fro instance can you say "a elemnet"? or it shoudl always be "an element"?
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Is thsi teh only case? fro instance can you say "a elemnet"? or it shoudl always be "an element"?
...thanks for letting me know | it is always an honour to have an element with a unit value.
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Hi,
Why E) is better than A)?? in which is not equal to where??  |
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