21. With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life ands attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
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Cleveland is singular so either A or B.ashishd wrote:21. With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life ands attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
I will go with A since it is more concise. The waterfront is a way to improve quality of life.
IMO C one of the communities that are...bcos when we use "that" we are concentrating on communities and not Cleveland thus we use are...
but i think it shud be "looking at their waterfronts" and not looking to their waterfronts
looking at is properly used in E but "as a way they can improve" seems wordy to me..... and again i think it shud be to improve parallel with to develop....
so confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but i think it shud be "looking at their waterfronts" and not looking to their waterfronts
looking at is properly used in E but "as a way they can improve" seems wordy to me..... and again i think it shud be to improve parallel with to develop....
so confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually I agree now.PAB2706 wrote:IMO C one of the communities that are...bcos when we use "that" we are concentrating on communities and not Cleveland thus we use are...
but i think it shud be "looking at their waterfronts" and not looking to their waterfronts
looking at is properly used in E but "as a way they can improve" seems wordy to me..... and again i think it shud be to improve parallel with to develop....
so confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C does look correct. My misunderstanding on is/are.
