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can a pronoun refer to a apostrophe

by maihuna » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:24 am
Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
like nonfiction books
as nonfiction books
as its interest in nonfiction books
like their interest in nonfiction books
like its interest in nonfiction books
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by frizo » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:38 am
the public's appetite is compared to nonfiction books. The comparison should be between appetite of the public with the _______ of books. Hence, A and B are gone.
Appetite is noun and Public is singular[. So, LIKE should be used instead of AS. PUBLIC should be denoted by its. Therefore, the correct Choice will be E.
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by Bidisha800 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:51 am
compare appetite of fllms vs interest in books

Both are nouns ; therefore, "like" is required.

(E)
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by dimonya » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:56 pm
bidisha, you meant to say compare films to books....

appetite of fllms vs interest in books are incomparable
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by umaa » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:16 pm
All the choices are wrong. Can you tell me the source of the problem?
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by WannaBThere » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:24 pm
dimonya wrote:bidisha, you meant to say compare films to books....

appetite of fllms vs interest in books are incomparable
Why they are incomparable? Both represent "something of public".
umaa wrote:All the choices are wrong. Can you tell me the source of the problem?
Can you please give reasons for eliminating all choices?
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Re: can a pronoun refer to a apostrophe

by piyush_nitt » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:19 am
maihuna wrote:Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
like nonfiction books
as nonfiction books
as its interest in nonfiction books
like their interest in nonfiction books
like its interest in nonfiction books
https://www.beatthegmat.com/public-s-app ... tml#110021
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by raunekk » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:18 am
one more for E
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by umaa » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:23 am
like nonfiction books
Comparing public's appetite with notification books.

as nonfiction books

same as above

as its interest in nonfiction books

its - public's appetite; So, it means public's appetite's interest in notification booksI don't think its correct.
like their interest in nonfiction books

Same as above
like its interest in nonfiction books

same as above

Correct me if I'm wrong.
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