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by showbu » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:22 pm
Appearing to be the only candidate whose views would be acceptable to its membership, the Youth Canorous finally endorsed George for city council.

A. Appearing to be
B. Seeming to be
C. Because he appeared to be
D. Because he seemed
E. Being
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by dipla » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:52 pm
D sounds logical to me
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by Bidisha800 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:23 pm
Read it like this :

the Youth Canorous finally endorsed George for city council because he appeared to be the only candidate whose views would be acceptable to its membership.


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by mjjking » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:27 am
IMO C and OA C.

In fact, appeared to be has a different meaning than seemed.
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by iamcste » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:23 am
mjjking wrote:I
In fact, appeared to be has a different meaning than seemed.
whats the difference. Can you elaborate?
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by logitech » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:45 am
what if there was an option as:

F. Because he seemed to be
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by arora007 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:56 am
This one is from cambridge tests wrongly selected B

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choice C is correct. The sentence is afflicted with dangling modifier and implies that the Youth Caucus was itself a candidate. The second and fifth choices fail to correct the error, and being would probably not be acceptable in any event. The third and fourth choices both make the needed correction, but to be is needed to complete the predicate initiated by seemed.
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by Adam@Knewton » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:28 pm
logitech wrote:what if there was an option as:

F. Because he seemed to be
This would also be acceptable; that's why they can't include both it and choice (C).

(D) isn't completely crazy: there are instances where "seemed" can be used, and can be idiomatically correct, without "to be." However, it requirse an adjective:

"because he seemed knowledgeable" --> correct

"because he seemed a smart guy" --> incorrect, should be "because he seemed to be a smart guy"
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