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by magical cook » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:31 am
Hi,

The answer is A) but why A) is better than D)? :?

398. In spite of continuing national trends toward increased consumption of specialty foods, agronomists in the Midwest foresee a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples: feed corn and hard red wheat.
(A) a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples
(B) that a gradual reversion back will feature the raising of agricultural staples
(C) a gradual reversion back to the raising of agricultural staples again
(D) a gradual reversion to raise agricultural staples
(E) a gradual reversion into the raising of agricultural staples
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by Cybermusings » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:15 am
Choice B can be eliminated; the use of the word "that" is wrong. Similarly the use of the word "into" in Choice E is wrong. C is wrong since it uses "reversion back" and "again", which makes it repititive and redundant.

Choice A is correct since the tense form is correct and in agreement with the rest of the sentence
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by magical cook » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:16 am
Can anyone tell me why D) is wrong??? :?
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by isisalaska » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:37 am
Because "to raise" is not a noun but an infinitive verb, you need the noun "to the raising" :wink:
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by BTGmoderatorRO » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:56 pm
option A: fit in appropriate in this context and the tense form is correct and in agreement with the rest of the sentence
option B: not similar to the original sentence as it depicts the event to only include and not really the main aim and has repetition.
optionC: seems to be neatly similar too but has repetition of words.
optionD: its context seems to be for the current period.
option E is similar to option A but option A fit in better in this context than option E.
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by ErikaPrepScholar » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:03 am
Hey magical cook,

Isisalaska is correct: we need a noun ("the raising"), not a verb ("raise"). To expand on this a bit, "revert" takes a noun, not a verb. For example: "I reverted to riding my bike when my car broke down" works, but "I reverted to ride my bike when my car broke down" doesn't, and "I revert to mental math when I don't have a calculator" works, but "I revert to do mental math when I don't have a calculator" does not.

We can also look at the structure of the sentence for clues. Let's look at the correct answer, A:

National trends are "toward increased consumption of specialty foods". "Increased consumption" is a noun.

Then we compare to what agronomists foresee: a reversion "to the raising of agricultural staples". "The raising" is a noun, so our sentence is parallel.

In D, we are comparing "increased consumption" to "raise": a noun to a verb. This is no longer parallel, making D wrong.

This is pretty tricky, since gerunds (-ing nouns) are usually a sign that a sentence isn't concise and often mean that an answer is incorrect. However, grammar rules always trump concision, which is why A is correct, not D.
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