As sources of electrical power, windmills
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Oh sure, there's nothing wrong with is expected to provide. The problem is its coupling with production.Jim@Grockit wrote: There's nothing wrong per se with "is expected to provide" (The class is expected to provide its own pencils for the exam), but yes, "almost" is wrong in four choices and right in a choice that's wrong for other reasons.
1. We can say - The windmill is expected to provide power to 5 villages. This sentence should be okay.
2. Can we say Production in a windmill is expected to provide power to 5 villages. Not so sure about that. Nothing wrong grammatically, but i'm not comfortable with the semantics. I'd rather prefer the earlier form of construction. (Stated above)
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Ahhhh, I see what you mean. Yes, it is unusual, because the production is not providing the power -- the production IS the power.niksworth wrote:Oh sure, there's nothing wrong with is expected to provide. The problem is its coupling with production.Jim@Grockit wrote: There's nothing wrong per se with "is expected to provide" (The class is expected to provide its own pencils for the exam), but yes, "almost" is wrong in four choices and right in a choice that's wrong for other reasons.
1. We can say - The windmill is expected to provide power to 5 villages. This sentence should be okay.
2. Can we say Production in a windmill is expected to provide power to 5 villages. Not so sure about that. Nothing wrong grammatically, but i'm not comfortable with the semantics. I'd rather prefer the earlier form of construction. (Stated above)
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this is a very confusing question but as per all the posts above i too feel that D is the only choice we are left with seems we have to check out grockit's explanation for it
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