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by sivaelectric » Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:44 am
In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996.
  • A. electorate; and 40% in 1996
    B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40%
    C. electorate, and in 1996 40%
    D. electorate, 40% in 1996 was the figure
    E. electorate that fell to 40% in 1996
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by cans » Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:06 am
ImO E
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by g.shankaran » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:10 am
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by sivaelectric » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:34 am
Can you post an explanation for your answer guys :)
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by g.shankaran » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:53 am
sivaelectric wrote:In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996.
  • A. electorate; and 40% in 1996 - Not an independent sentence.
    B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40% - Two independent sentence separated by ;
    C. electorate, and in 1996 40% - This is a phrase
    D. electorate, 40% in 1996 was the figure - The construction is awkward
    E. electorate that fell to 40% in 1996
- here "that" is not clear ( at least to me :)) that should point to "casting of votes" but it is not explicitly ?
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by sivaelectric » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:55 am
OA B
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by cans » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:54 am
why not E?
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by Frankenstein » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:08 am
cans wrote:why not E?
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I think 'that' has no reference. This is taken care in B by using the noun 'figure'.
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by dv2020 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:52 am
I picked C
sivaelectric wrote:In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996.
  • A. electorate; and 40% in 1996---->the sentence before and after semi-colon shud be a complete on. Clearly this one is gone
    B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40%----->The figure was 40% looked awkward to me
    C. electorate, and in 1996 40%---->I didn't see anything wrong with this one hence picked it
    D. electorate, 40% in 1996 was the figure-----> the first part in active voice whereas the second part in passive hence incorrect
    E. electorate that fell to 40% in 1996----> by using a noun clause starting with that we are trying to say that the same figure of 55% in 1970 fell to 40 % in 1996 hence change in meaning
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by nafiul9090 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:39 am
sivaelectric wrote:In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996.
  • A. electorate; and 40% in 1996
    B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40%
    C. electorate, and in 1996 40%
    D. electorate, 40% in 1996 was the figure
    E. electorate that fell to 40% in 1996
hello bro

i pick B because it is parallel. eliminate d 'cus its not parallel, eliminate e 'cuz it changes the meaning, eliminate A and C because after semicolon and comma a clause is needed.

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by nafiul9090 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:43 am
hello bro

i pick B 'cuz it is parallel. eliminate d because it is not parallel, eliminate e because it changes the meaning, and eliminate A and C because after semicolon and comma a clause is needed.
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by dubinsky » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:13 am
In 1972 votes were cast by 55% of the electorate; and 40% in 1996.

A. electorate; and 40% in 1996
B. electorate; in 1996 the figure was 40%
C. electorate, and in 1996 40%
D. electorate, 40% in 1996 was the figure
E. electorate that fell to 40% in 1996

wELL B is the best choice here .

reasons
eliminate A,C,E AS THEY DO NOT HAVE A CLAUSE AFTER THE SEMICOLON!
OUT OF B AND D , B IS ACTIVE AND THUS BETTER!
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by Frankenstein » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:22 am
dubinsky wrote:
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eliminate A,C,E AS THEY DO NOT HAVE A CLAUSE AFTER THE SEMICOLON!
OUT OF B AND D , B IS ACTIVE AND THUS BETTER!
Hi,
There is no semi colon in either C or E.
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by Shankenstein » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:35 am
Answer is B
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by singh181 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:45 am
IMO B.

A, C, and D are out because they have Run-on errors. Please let me know if you want me to share my thoughts on Run-on.

E "that" modifies the "electorate", but we are interested in the figure in 1996. E means that "electorate" fell to 40%, not the figure, which was 55% in 1972.
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