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by loveusonu » Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:27 pm
4. High-ranking security officials agree that ideology is no longer the main reason that United States citizens engage in espionage, as it was in the 1940's and 1950's; the chief motive now is money.

(A) that United States citizens engage in espionage, as it was
(B) for United States citizens engaging in espionage, as
(C) for United States citizens who engage in espionage as was so
(D) of United States citizens who engage in espionage, as it was
(E) United States citizens engage in espionage, as

[spoiler]Phew, not sure what is this testing??; OA=A[/spoiler]
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by student22 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:12 pm
It's testing an idiom, agree that

All the other ways are wrong.

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by loveusonu » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:39 pm
student22 wrote:It's testing an idiom, agree that

All the other ways are wrong.
NOT 100% sure, but I think i have seen some eg. for agree with\upon...
Are you sure "Agree upon" OR "Agree for" always Incorrect?
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by akhpad » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:59 pm
High-ranking security officials agree that ideology is no longer the main reason that United States citizens engage in espionage, as it was in the 1940's and 1950's; the chief motive now is money.

"United States citizens engage in espionage' and "as it was" should have same pattern
When I read above sentence, it signaled me to use that

(A) that United States citizens engage in espionage, as it was -> Correct
(B) for United States citizens engaging in espionage, as

preposition + Noun + Ving -> incorrect usage
Incorrect comparison

(C) for United States citizens who engage in espionage as was so
(D) of United States citizens who engage in espionage, as it was

Why need to introduce "who"?

(E) United States citizens engage in espionage, as -> Incorrect comparison

Please see idioms
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/agree

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by loveusonu » Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:57 am
akhp77 wrote:preposition + Noun + Ving -> incorrect usage
Incorrect comparison
Thanks dude, This was the concept I missed.
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by frank1 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:12 am
I think forum should encourage users to underline the part of the sentence(It is how the sentence is given in real test).It adds upto time guessing which actually is the underlined part.

Any way i got it wrong as i thought the correct form was
reason for ......(them to do that was....)

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