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by samyak » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:09 am
305. For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would

I'm not sure why A is a better option that B. Please explain.
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by akhpad » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:28 am
D and E out because of pronoun (it) error.


C is unnecessary long

Between A and B. I believe that latter part to be in past tense.

Answer: A



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by tanviet » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:17 am
A means

seamed to turn out to cost

B means

seam to turn out to cost

both A and B are wrong

IMO C
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by loveusonu » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:24 am
samyak wrote:305. For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would

I'm not sure why A is a better option that B. Please explain.
B is incorrect for 2 reasons
1>'to' is redundant over here. It can be assumed "they originally seem(to).
2>Past tense(seemed) is correct over here rather than present 'seem' as the activity happened in past.

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by frank1 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:23 pm
A

between A and B
B's 'to' is not required
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