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vesatility and facilitating

by daretodream » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:53 pm
The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.
(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate

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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:23 am
Hope this helps :)
daretodream wrote:
The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.

(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating - of facilitating is wrong. ELIMINATE

(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate - even though the computer is singular. but its the computer software designed WILL HAVE + not only ..but also...CORRECT

(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate - what does it refer to here ? the computer software ? the design ? the project ? needs ? study ? what? ELIMINATE

(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating - not only ..but also required. ELIMINATE

(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate - not only ..but also required. ELIMINATE

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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:24 am
you can also try doing some google search before posting.

Hope this link helps :)

https://www.beatthegmat.com/computer-sof ... 19234.html

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by komal » Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:26 am
daretodream wrote:The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.
(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate
B -....will not only meet the needs of that study, but also have the versatility and power to facilitate... - CORRECT

A - incorrect - unidiomatic power of . Further singular verb has is wrong.

C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism - right form ...not only X but also Y....