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by TkNeo » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:32 pm
7. A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,


OA: D



8. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

OA: C


3. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman


OA: E
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by lalabee » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:25 pm
let me try the first question

claim to be able to do sth ..

claim to be able __________ to access (do)

please correct if im wrong ..

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by TkNeo » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:45 am
lalabee wrote:let me try the first question

claim to be able to do sth ..

claim to be able __________ to access (do)

please correct if im wrong ..
That is correct !

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by resilient » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:47 am
3. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman

published by is the correct idiomatic version (atleast for this case)
eliminate b and d

a. has ambiguous it
c. has ambiguous ONE and also very awkward sentence.... leaving you with E and also I point that E is concise.


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