Sentence Correction

A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa


A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could


A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

q5

A is the best answer
that is required with advocated here placement of modifier the land is correct

q 13

imo D. here think is required for journalists

in E again power stations is not required hence out.

q.19

imo A is the answer

likely is better than liable to and out of A and B A is better B is more wordy

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:q5

A is the best answer
that is required with advocated here placement of modifier the land is correct

q 13

imo D. here think is required for journalists

in E again power stations is not required hence out.

q.19

imo A is the answer

likely is better than liable to and out of A and B A is better B is more wordy

Isn't the "they" in D ambiguous? If you say "majority of the international journalists" is a singular subject then shouldn't the non-underlined portion have used "views" instead of "view"? To me it appears either there is a typo in the question or E is the closest although none of them seems to be correct.

OA pl.........

A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.

(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
May be--Cream of the crap...All others are wrong �

(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
African land is not clear... �

(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
Advocated...so to him is redundant.. �

(D) some Black's returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
He is not advocating to some blacks... �

(E) some Black's return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
Africa is not placed correctly...The sentence is really awkward.. �

devp wrote:

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:q5

A is the best answer
that is required with advocated here placement of modifier the land is correct

q 13

imo D. here think is required for journalists

in E again power stations is not required hence out.

q.19

imo A is the answer

likely is better than liable to and out of A and B A is better B is more wordy

Isn't the "they" in D ambiguous? If you say "majority of the international journalists" is a singular subject then shouldn't the non-underlined portion have used "views" instead of "view"? To me it appears either there is a typo in the question or E is the closest although none of them seems to be correct.

IMO D :

Although it seems that D has the ambiguous pronoun 'they' but keep in mind that :
-- Pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule to eliminate any option
--- The general rule is that the pronoun, by default, refers to the noun that plays the same grammatical role in its own clause. so:
* if the pronoun is a subject (as is the case here), then it refers by default to the subject of the other clause.
* if the pronoun is a direct object, then it refers by default to the direct object of the other clause. (i.e., "take the pizza out of the box and put it on the table" --> "it" refers to "pizza" since both are direct objects)

paes wrote:

devp wrote:

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:q5

A is the best answer
that is required with advocated here placement of modifier the land is correct

q 13

imo D. here think is required for journalists

in E again power stations is not required hence out.

q.19

imo A is the answer

likely is better than liable to and out of A and B A is better B is more wordy

Isn't the "they" in D ambiguous? If you say "majority of the international journalists" is a singular subject then shouldn't the non-underlined portion have used "views" instead of "view"? To me it appears either there is a typo in the question or E is the closest although none of them seems to be correct.

IMO D :

Although it seems that D has the ambiguous pronoun 'they' but keep in mind that :
-- Pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule to eliminate any option
--- The general rule is that the pronoun, by default, refers to the noun that plays the same grammatical role in its own clause. so:
* if the pronoun is a subject (as is the case here), then it refers by default to the subject of the other clause.
* if the pronoun is a direct object, then it refers by default to the direct object of the other clause. (i.e., "take the pizza out of the box and put it on the table" --> "it" refers to "pizza" since both are direct objects)

5. OA - A
13. OA - D
19. OA - A

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:q5

A is the best answer
that is required with advocated here placement of modifier the land is correct

q 13

imo D. here think is required for journalists

in E again power stations is not required hence out.

q.19

imo A is the answer

likely is better than liable to and out of A and B A is better B is more wordy

I have understood the last explaination, but unable to understand the first 2

5. IMO C
13. IMO E

neha.patni wrote:....


A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

In the third question (President's term), what's wrong with option (C)? If I were to rewrite (C) as "liable to be severely disadvantaged and often cannot", would it make the option any different? I have placed the adverb "often" before "cannot".

Regards,
Vipul

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

I am still unclear about the explanation for Q13. I chose E not only because of the ambiguity of "they" but also because of the usage of would. "Will" tells about certainty whereas "would" expresses possibility which is what is the intention of the sentence. Please correct me if I am wrong.

paridhi wrote:

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

I am still unclear about the explanation for Q13. I chose E not only because of the ambiguity of "they" but also because of the usage of would. "Will" tells about certainty whereas "would" expresses possibility which is what is the intention of the sentence. Please correct me if I am wrong.

"but" is a parallel connector. In structures like X but Y, both X and Y have to be parallel.

In the above sentence X is "view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present" and we need to find Y that is parallel with X.

Since X starts with verb "view", we need Y to start similarly to maintain parallelism. Options starting with verb are D and E. Between D and E, D is preferred over E because E is using the term "would" and as you know "would" is a past tense of "will". Since the non underlined part of the sentence is in present tense and we are talking about the future, using "would" breaks tense parallelism.

Observe the sentence with option D.

A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but think that they will be or could be made sufficiently safe in the future.

As you can see both underlined parts are parallel.

Hope that helps..

Since X starts with verb "view", we need Y to start similarly to maintain parallelism. Options starting with verb are D and E. Between D and E, D is preferred over E because E is using the term "would" and as you know "would" is a past tense of "will". Since the non underlined part of the sentence is in present tense and we are talking about the future, using "would" breaks tense parallelism.

But would is the future tense of will and is used to express possibility/uncertainty - which I think is the intention of the sentence. Check out https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/would

I am sorry if I am being repetitive but I really want to understand difference between would and will here.

paridhi wrote: But would is the future tense of will and is used to express possibility/uncertainty - which I think is the intention of the sentence. Check out https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/would

I am sorry if I am being repetitive but I really want to understand difference between would and will here.

I am not an expert but here's what I think..

Would is a past tense of Will. Here is the sentence form the link you provided me: "Would is used to express the future in past sentences". Refer the examples given in that link.

You should use would when the sentence is in past tense and it is referring to an event in the future.

John told Merry that he would go to London to watch the Wimbledon.

But if the sentence is in present tense then you should use Will.

The majority of the people think that Brazil will win the 2010 Football World Cup.

Hope that helps...

Ok thanks that explains it....

Vipulvp wrote:

neha.patni wrote:....


A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

In the third question (President's term), what's wrong with option (C)? If I were to rewrite (C) as "liable to be severely disadvantaged and often cannot", would it make the option any different? I have placed the adverb "often" before "cannot".

Regards,
Vipul

Good Ques...!

A is very smooth and easy to predict as corrrect one...

In case of C option , apart from sounding awkwad, i cudn't find anything wrong with this option....

it wud be great if experts cud put some light on it...