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idiom speculation!

by [email protected] » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:33 pm
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by [email protected] » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:06 pm
Hi mukherjee.tanuj3,

This SC comes down to a few grammar rules:

1) Modifiers: "increasingly" vs. "increasing" - the correct modifier "increasingly" should be used to modify the phrase "cold weather." Eliminate A and B.

2) Idiom: the word "speculation" is followed by the word "that." Eliminate D.

3) Verbs: the prompt describes an event that happened in the past and how it may have affected something else.

Between C and E, answer C is clunky and includes the redundant word "what" (which is a clunky pronoun that is unnecessary). Answer E uses simple past tense language and is correct.

Final Answer: E

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