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by thailandvc » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:50 pm
19. According to some experts, carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere so rapidly, largely because of the burning of fossil fuels, that should the present rate of buildup continue, the global concentration of this poison will double by the end of the next century.

(A) that should the present rate of buildup continue, the global concentration of this poison
(B) should the present rate of buildup continue, the global concentration of this poison
(C) should the present rate of buildup be continued, the global concentration of this poison
(D) the global concentration of this poison, were the present rate of buildup continue,
(E) that the global concentration of this poison, if the present rate of buildup did continue,

Answer is A. I picked something else because I thought "continue" should've been "continueS" because "the present rate" is singular. Can someone explain why it is plural? It doesn't conform to the subjunctive mood rule: "bossy verb or If" + that. This is backward. This it still count?



22. Kuru, one of the strangest and most insidious of the diseases known, is no longer a major problem in New Guinea.
(A) of the diseases known
(B) of the diseases to be known
(C) of the diseases that is known
(D) known of the diseases
(E) diseases known



I picked E. Wrong. I don't know why B is right. Can some one explain? Thanks.
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by capnx » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:27 pm
verb that follows a modal verb (should/shall/could/would/may/might...) is always in its bare form: should be, We should do this; He should do that (not He should DOES that).

for 22, please double check the answer key. My sources say the OA is E

Source: Section 5, Question 22, page 20 (answer key at bottom page 29)
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by heshamelaziry » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:31 pm
In the first question. Why "that" needs to be included? sounds unidiomatic. I picked answer "B" :(
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by heshamelaziry » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:50 pm
In the first question. Why "that" needs to be included? sounds unidiomatic. I picked answer "B" :(
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by thailandvc » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:04 pm
thanks good exp. Mine says B. I think you are right though. B is just not right. I dl my stuff off the net so, I can't trust everything.
capnx wrote:verb that follows a modal verb (should/shall/could/would/may/might...) is always in its bare form: should be, We should do this; He should do that (not He should DOES that).

for 22, please double check the answer key. My sources say the OA is E

Source: Section 5, Question 22, page 20 (answer key at bottom page 29)
https://www.scribd.com/doc/7006413/Test- ... ed-Proofed
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by m&m » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:08 pm
"so rapidly THAT" is the idiom

in fact general idiom is SO X THAT Y to show that x is so extreme that y occurs.

So A and E are left

- in E i interpret the double comma "..., if the present rate...," as non-restrictive though this comment is needed because the following clause "will double by the end of the next century" modifies the present rate

therefore A

for the second Q I think the ans is wrong - should be E as pointed out earlier
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