Hilary Rodham Clinton

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Hilary Rodham Clinton

by zagcollins » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:38 am
In April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific conference on new findings that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three.

A. that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills,
that it is
D. indicating that a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is
E. indicative of a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as
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by kiranlegend » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:54 am
IMO B

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by bigfernhead » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:44 am
IMO D.

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by zagcollins » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:59 am
the OA is D...what I dont understand is how is it D....confused.. :(

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by raunekk » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:27 am
ITs D

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Re: Hilary Rodham Clinton

by kiranlegend » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:26 pm
zagcollins wrote:In April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific conference on new findings that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three.

A. that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills,
that it is
D. indicating that a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is
E. indicative of a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as
Raunekk: you are at this again:)

can you explain why B is wrong? also in B , is 'that' referring to findings only aight?

why D is correct?

thanks as ever:)

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by zagcollins » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:28 pm
just cant put my finger on why D is correct..it seems like the most concise option but just cant understand whats the reason behind it... :?:

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by airan » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:09 pm
Reason why B is incorrect and D is correct.

Child acquiring knowledge, language and emotional skills as an active process...
here child is being compared with a process, it should be child's

D rectifies it by rephrasing the sentence and making correct comparison of acquisition of knowledge as process ..
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by reachac » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:58 pm
Spot on arain, abs spot on!!

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by kiranlegend » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:05 am
airan wrote:Reason why B is incorrect and D is correct.

Child acquiring knowledge, language and emotional skills as an active process...
here child is being compared with a process, it should be child's

D rectifies it by rephrasing the sentence and making correct comparison of acquisition of knowledge as process ..
thanks mate:)

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by kris610 » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:13 am
D sounds right. The phrase following 'new findings' should modify these findings. D does that well.

B could be right if it used the possessive child's before the gerund acquiring. A gerund should always be preceded by a possessive.

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by ildude02 » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:33 pm
kris610 wrote:D sounds right. The phrase following 'new findings' should modify these findings. D does that well.

B could be right if it used the possessive child's before the gerund acquiring. A gerund should always be preceded by a possessive.
How sure are you that a gerund should be preceded by a possesive? I never read any such limitations.

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by kris610 » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:08 pm
ildude02 wrote:
kris610 wrote:D sounds right. The phrase following 'new findings' should modify these findings. D does that well.

B could be right if it used the possessive child's before the gerund acquiring. A gerund should always be preceded by a possessive.
How sure are you that a gerund should be preceded by a possesive? I never read any such limitations.
It's a fundamental rule in English Grammar. Google and you'll find it.

https://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/022205.htm

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by ildude02 » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:21 pm
Thanks for the link. Do you normally consider all verb's ending with "ing" form a gerund ? How do you distinguihs if it is a gerund or an adjective per say? Appreciate your response.

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by josh_nsit » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:04 am
ildude02 wrote:Thanks for the link. Do you normally consider all verb's ending with "ing" form a gerund ? How do you distinguihs if it is a gerund or an adjective per say? Appreciate your response.
Any ing kind of verb form taking role of a noun in senetence is a gerund. So it is clear to identify gerunds in sentences like: Swimming is a nice exercise.