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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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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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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B is wrong because when we say approach we never use toward rather we always use fromrockeyb wrote:why is B wrong ?
Can any one explain?
its an idiom
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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".
"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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