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1000 SC, question no. 337, 2 errors?

by isisalaska » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:11 pm
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? :shock:
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by Stacey Koprince » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:47 pm
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.)
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by isisalaska » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:05 am
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 :shock:
Is thsi teh only case? fro instance can you say "a elemnet"? or it shoudl always be "an element"?
...thanks for letting me know
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by aim-wsc » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:25 am
isisalaska wrote: 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.

sorry sentence makes no sense at all but it teaches you a lot.
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by magical cook » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:38 pm
Hi,

Why E) is better than A)?? in which is not equal to where?? :?
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by aim-wsc » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:44 am
magical cook wrote:Hi,

Why E) is better than A)?? in which is not equal to where?? :?

It's a proper idiom for ''phenomenon''. I dont think of anything else.
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by [email protected] » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:23 pm
Good question and thanx for the explanations...
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