Asian American studies

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As Asian American Studies Professors include more challenging Asian American material in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of difficult and unfamiliar material.

a. in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of
b. in his introductory reading lists, the student can acquire information for the background interpretation of
c. in his introductory reading lists, the student acquires information of background interpretation of
d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting
e. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires background information for independent information of

cans · Answer

IMO D a,b,c - subject verb agreement (professors is plural so it should be their and not his...) e) awkard

sl750 · Answer

D

Asian American Professors is the plural subject, so we need the plural pronoun

E doesn't answer what the background information is for. It doesn't make any sense to say, I am collecting background information for independent information of...

GmatKiss · Answer

aplavakarthik wrote:As Asian American Studies Professors include more challenging Asian American material in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of difficult and unfamiliar material.

a. in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of
b. in his introductory reading lists, the student can acquire information for the background interpretation of
c. in his introductory reading lists, the student acquires information of background interpretation of
d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting
e. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires background information for independent information of

IMO:D

navami · Answer

IMO : D d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting A and B singular/plural error. E is akward

mundasingh123 · Answer

IMO A

mundasingh123 · Answer

aplavakarthik wrote:As Asian American Studies Professors include more challenging Asian American material in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of difficult and unfamiliar material.

a. in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of
b. in his introductory reading lists, the student can acquire information for the background interpretation of
c. in his introductory reading lists, the student acquires information of background interpretation of
d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting
e. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires background information for independent information of

Did you create this SC yourself ?

aspirant2011 · Answer

aplavakarthik wrote:As Asian American Studies Professors include more challenging Asian American material in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of difficult and unfamiliar material.

a. in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of
b. in his introductory reading lists, the student can acquire information for the background interpretation of
c. in his introductory reading lists, the student acquires information of background interpretation of
d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting
e. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires background information for independent information of

saketk · Answer

mundasingh123 wrote:IMO A

you can eliminate choices a,b and c because all of them have SV agreement issue.

the subject is Professors (plural) -- only choices left are D and E.

Option E is awkward 'information for independent information' .

IMO option D is the correct answer

1947 · Answer

D ...is corr E is awkward rest all go out bcos of S/V aggrement

mundasingh123 · Answer

saketk wrote:mundasingh123 wrote:IMO A you can eliminate choices a,b and c because all of them have SV agreement issue. the subject is Professors (plural) -- only choices left are D and E. Option E is awkward 'information for independent information' . IMO option D is the correct answerwhether the original sentence has a subject - verb issue depends on who do you think is the subject . If i were to join a new school, the list of books that i would be given to study would not be referred to as my teachers' lists. The student here is a generic element .

zaarathelab · Answer

a. in his introductory reading lists, the student is able to acquire background information for the interpretation of
b. in his introductory reading lists, the student can acquire information for the background interpretation of
c. in his introductory reading lists, the student acquires information of background interpretation of

ALL OF THE ABOVE HAVE S/V AGREEMENT ERROR (Professors need a plural their)
d. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires independent background information for interpreting ---CORRECT
e. in their introductory reading lists, the student acquires background information for independent - UNNECESSARY. Information is unnecessarily used twice, distorting the meaning

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