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Disappearance of lifestyles

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by selango » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:53 pm
In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disappearance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.

(A) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed

(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed

(C) which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed

(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable

(E) life-styles requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

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This question is in Sahil's grammar notes available in BTG forum.OA later after discussions.
One doubt here seem/seems modifies what?[/spoiler]
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by fitzgerald23 » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:43 pm
IMO E.

Eliminate A and D due to use of the verb seem. The disappearance of lifestyles...seems is correct.

Eliminate B and C because of use of the word doomed. The disappearance of lifestyles seems to be inevitably doomed is not grammatically correct.

Also, I believe in C it is ambiguous as to what they are referring to. Is it the lifestyles, the Bushmen or the aborigines?

That leaves E. In this case the ambiguity is gone as clearly it is lifestyles that require vast space and "the disappearance seems inevitable" is correct.
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by KrazyKarl » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:43 pm
I like E. "The disappearance" is what "seems inevitable", and doomed to me seems to be redundant, so I think E is best but I guess I wouldn't be shocked if it was B. I still say E though.
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by barcebal » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:41 pm
I would go with C

I eliminated all verbs that had "seem" because "disappearance" is the singular subject and requires the verb "seems."

Left with B, C, E.

E is out because inevitable is an adjective that cannot appear before doomed.

Left with B, C.

Who requires what? The bushmen AND the aborigines require "vast wild spaces"; requiring doesn't seem to give as much precision to the subject that "requires"

C is correct
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:39 pm
IMO E.

Disappearance is singular. Need "seems"
AD out.
In C which point s to "Australia's aborigines" -> Wrong
C out.

"requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods"
This phrase should modify lifestyles.
In B, "requiring" is modifying the idea of previous clause.
I believe Idea of Previous cluase is disappearance of lifestyles. -Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, Doomed and Inevitable I beieve are redundant in B.

E is concise and uses the RESUMPTIVE modifier to establish the intended meaning.

Hope this helps!!
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by outreach » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:31 am
narrowed to D and E
E shd be correct bcz 'seems' is singular
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by neha.patni » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:02 am
fitzgerald23 wrote:IMO E.

Eliminate A and D due to use of the verb seem. The disappearance of lifestyles...seems is correct.

Eliminate B and C because of use of the word doomed. The disappearance of lifestyles seems to be inevitably doomed is not grammatically correct.

Also, I believe in C it is ambiguous as to what they are referring to. Is it the lifestyles, the Bushmen or the aborigines?

That leaves E. In this case the ambiguity is gone as clearly it is lifestyles that require vast space and "the disappearance seems inevitable" is correct.
IMO E

I agree with fitzgerald

B & C - Disappearance and doomed - redundant
A & D - seems should be used because it modifies disappearance. if we use seem then it will modify bushmen & aborigines - it will lead to incomplete sentence.
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