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by rkhicha » Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:42 pm
In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disapperance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.

(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(C) which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable
(E) life-stlyes requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

[spoiler] OA E

Personally, i picked D. Stiil to find a reasonable explanation why this is incorrect

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by paes » Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:52 pm
a, D incorrect because of the plural verb 'seem'

subject is :

the disapperance of X <> seems ....

between B , C , E

B : requiring ..., wrong adverbial modifier
C : which is incorrect
E : correct, usage of resumptive modifier
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by bdiwakarteja » Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:57 pm
rkhicha wrote:In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disapperance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.

(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(C) which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable
(E) life-stlyes requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

[spoiler] OA E

Personally, i picked D. Stiil to find a reasonable explanation why this is incorrect

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Though D and E are very close, my pick would be "E" because, the word/modifier "seems" is the correct form as it agrees with the word "dissappearance".
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by rkhicha » Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:58 pm
Thanks fella's. Lot clearer now.
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by indiantiger » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:42 am
Straight up E for s-v and correct require that usage
"Single Malt is better than Blended"
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