choice B says: " the Transit Authority also plans a 5 percent increase in the number of bus trips on routes that connect to subways. " Does this statement mean different bus trips cover along the same routes as subways do in the sense that bus stops covering the same stops like subway stop...

Court records from medieval France(Non OG)-weakener

Court records from medieval France show that in the years 1300 to 1400 the number of people arrested in the French realm for "violent interpersonal crimes" (not committed in wars) increased by 30 percent over the number of people arrested for such crimes in the years 1200 to 1300. The incr...

As per choice B, In 1926, in her second attempt to swim across the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle not only crossed the Channel against currents that forced her to swim thirty-five miles instead of the minimal twenty-one, but also set a record for speed, swimming the distance almost two hours faste...

[quote="DavidG@VeritasPrep"] We're trying to determine whether it would be useful for purposes of retail sale to give chickens an antibiotic that would reduce the likelihood that they'd be contaminated with salmonella. Clearly [spoiler]A[/spoiler] is important. If the antibiotic makes the ...

SC OG(chambers inside pyramid)

In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls. A. due to moi...

Initiated five centuries after Europeans In B, initiated (an introductory VERBed modifier) seems to refer to a $100 million investment (the subject of the following clause), implying that A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT was INITIATED on Columbus Day 1992. Not the intended meaning. The intended meaning is...

Semantically, the only logical referent for it is polar ice . This makes sense; but is it possible that "it" is used as a placeholder here? When it serves as an EXPLETIVE -- a placeholder pronoun -- it still must have a clear referent. In most cases, the referent will be an infinitive phr...

From D .... did not spring implies an action in past tense. ..... but had slowly evolved implies a contrast action that took place over a period of time in the past. In this sentence, there is no preceding main clause in past tense but can't past perfect be used, as in D, to compare actions to show ...