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by thephoenix » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:40 am
The farmer is planning to reinforce the windows on the eastern side of his barn, even though most wind storms develop to the west and approach toward the opposite directions.

A) approach toward the opposite directions
B) approach toward the opposite direction
C) often approach from opposite directions
D) approach from the opposite direction
E) approach from opposite directions

not able to crack this
any thoughts

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by max37274 » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:43 pm
IMO D "Eventhough" is used to introduce contrary to the fact meaning. So the storm has to come from the opposite side that is west NOT sides or directions. Hope its the right answer. whats the OA?

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by nervesofsteel » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:03 pm
thephoenix wrote:The farmer is planning to reinforce the windows on the eastern side of his barn, even though most wind storms develop to the west and approach toward the opposite directions.

A) approach toward the opposite directions
B) approach toward the opposite direction
C) often approach from opposite directions
D) approach from the opposite direction
E) approach from opposite directions

not able to crack this
any thoughts

IMO D

develop to the west and approach from the opposite direction.

Develop should be parallel to approach
and appraoch from should be used in place of " towards"

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by thephoenix » Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:17 am
OA is D

and the logic is approach is always followed by from and not towards......

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by rockeyb » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:47 am
why is B wrong ?

Can any one explain?
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by thephoenix » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:51 am
rockeyb wrote:why is B wrong ?

Can any one explain?
B is wrong because when we say approach we never use toward rather we always use from

its an idiom

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by Shawshank » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:53 am
Approach and Toward dont go together..

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by lunarpower » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:30 am
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"approach" and "toward" are an illegal combination, but it's not really an issue of idiom -- it's redundancy; the word approach already carries the meaning of "toward".
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