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SC: adjective / adverb

by stop@800 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:17 am
For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

1 even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
2 despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
3 even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
4 although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
5 even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents
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by stop@800 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:18 am
Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.

1 in the ongoing maintenance of
2 in the maintaining of
3 maintain
4 to maintain and continue
5 the maintenance of
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by gmat009 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:36 am
Q1. E
Q2. C
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:58 am
1. C...Reason..Nt sure - if u use IF Codition in past tense, then Would+Base verb
2. E...I think maintaince is ongoing process SO In A .. redundant.b &C -akward and doesnt make sense. D - changes the meaning.So. E.
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by amitabhprasad » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:35 pm
1 - C
2 - C

Whats OA ?
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by niraj_a » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:43 pm
1 = C for sure. E is wrong because it changes the intended meaning, it wrongly implies that the ownership of the appliances is miraculous, not the appliances themselves.

2 = C
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by kris610 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:59 am
For the first I will go with E.

For the second 'help maintain' is idiomatic, so I'd go with C.
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by pandeyvineet24 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:49 pm
For 1st E

For 2nd C (Subjunctive Form), so maintain should be appropriate.
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Re: SC: adjective / adverb

by dingo001 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:37 am
stop@800 wrote:For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

1 even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
2 despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
3 even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
4 although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
5 even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents


IMO C

OA?
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by Gmatss » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:09 pm
1. E
2. C
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by Jatinder » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:10 am
1.E
2.E

How can "help maintain" be correct ....---2 verbs ?
Should have been help + infinitive (to maintain)
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