Sentence Correction

pink_08 wrote:Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.


On a different note, I was analyzing the structure of the sentence.

1. Is this is a run-on sentence, the two clauses are joined by a comma without a conjuction.
Clause 1:

Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money


Clause 2:( has subordinate clause with pronoun that )

even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture

Ron, could you please clarify ???

it's not a run-on sentence.

you may just want to memorize the following as an idiomatic construction:
it is ADJ that INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
for instance, it is impossible that he understands all of this stuff.

that's what's happening in the second half of this sentence.

palvarez wrote:even if and even though are used to concede. The difference between B and D lies in the probable nature of concession.

-expectative, neutral, +expectative.

In B, "will" signals "+expectative"
In D, it is neutral.

Is it a GMAC question or is it written by weird prep com?

i'm not sure exactly what you mean by "+expectative" and "-expectative". if you elaborate further, i can let you know whether you're on the right track.

i've changed my mind, though, and i now think (b) is a little better, for the following reasons:
* "even if" and "even though" have different meanings. since the original contains "even if" (and that's a reasonable construction), we should try to preserve it.
* "it is by no means certain" fits better with the future tense than with the present tense.

however, neither (b) nor (d) is wrong enough to be a wrong answer on the official test. so, if you can't eliminate either of those choices, then you can still feel good about yourself.

duongthang wrote:to make it easy for us to remember

even if-to talk of CONDITION

even though-to talk of FACT

this is correct. nice summary.