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by vaivish » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:33 am
551. Once positioned in space, the Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from sources twenty times fainter compared to those that can be detected by ground-based instruments.
(A) compared to those that can be detected
(B) compared to those they can detect
(C) than that can be detected
(D) than those that can be detected
(E) than those detecting


OA is D /. I want to know why OA is better than C.
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by reachac » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:38 am
Sources is plural while dat is singular so C is wrong and D is rite hence
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by gmattakers » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:25 pm
D is the best answer.
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by Rashmi1804 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:55 am
Once positioned in space, the Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from sources twenty times fainter than those[sources] that can be detected by ground-based instruments

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Once positioned in space, the Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from sources twenty times fainter than that[seems to refer to light] which can be detected or simply detected by ground-based instruments
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by bjp2008 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:54 am
Is it the light from the sources or sources detected here...please clarify....
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by Rashmi1804 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:00 am
Sources that can be detected.
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by lenacat » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:38 am
Why not "compared to" though?
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by ketkoag » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:40 am
reachac wrote:Sources is plural while dat is singular so C is wrong and D is rite hence
could u please tell me why compared is wrong here.
i am a bit confused between A and D..
please explain..
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by real2008 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:02 am
ketkoag wrote:
reachac wrote:Sources is plural while dat is singular so C is wrong and D is rite hence
could u please tell me why compared is wrong here.
i am a bit confused between A and D..
please explain..
'fainter' requires than
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by Caroline Lee » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:31 am
Rashmi1804 wrote:Sources that can be detected.
It's my contention that light should be the referent of those, since light rather than resources can be faint and be detected.
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:34 am
lenacat wrote:Why not "compared to" though?
IMO Compared to is used to show similarity between two unlike things...

e.g. "Human Brain is compared to Super Computer"

Compared with is used to show similarity or comparison between like things...since the things here discussed are similar so we need "compared with" and not "compared to"

If the options would have been "compared with"...then they would have been in the equal race to be the winner.
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:38 am
Caroline Lee wrote:
Rashmi1804 wrote:Sources that can be detected.
It's my contention that light should be the referent of those, since light rather than resources can be faint and be detected.
I second that....light can be detected and not sources.
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by ankit1383 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:31 pm
Is those refering to light ???
sources cannot be fainter....only light can...
is light plural ???
Still cant ifgure out why those is used in the OA
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by dumb.doofus » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:29 pm
ankit1383 wrote:Is those refering to light ???
sources cannot be fainter....only light can...
is light plural ???
Still cant ifgure out why those is used in the OA
"Those" is referring to sources buddy..

answer this: What can be detected by ground based instruments?
Sources . isnt it??

Well, any instrument ground based or space based captures light emitted by these sources to detect them..

Let's break the sentence to make it clear to you..

1. The Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from x
2. x is twenty times fainter than y
3. y can be detected by ground-based instruments.

As you can see we are comparing x and y.. so both have to be same.. and they are sources..

hope this helps..
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by bjp2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:48 pm
dumb.doofus wrote:
ankit1383 wrote:Is those refering to light ???
sources cannot be fainter....only light can...
is light plural ???
Still cant ifgure out why those is used in the OA
"Those" is referring to sources buddy..

answer this: What can be detected by ground based instruments?
Sources . isnt it??

Well, any instrument ground based or space based captures light emitted by these sources to detect them..

Let's break the sentence to make it clear to you..

1. The Hubble Space Telescope will capture light from x
2. x is twenty times fainter than y
3. y can be detected by ground-based instruments.

As you can see we are comparing x and y.. so both have to be same.. and they are sources..

hope this helps..
How could the sources be fainter??? It is the "Light from Sources" is fainter. I think its C. The Hubble Space Telescope will capture [light from x] twenty times fainter than [light from Y] can be detected by ground-based instruments. Please clarify..
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