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by leo » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:15 am
Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem to deny a proper defense to many clients who are charged with crimes.
(A) Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem
(B) Severe and increasing numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies seeming
(C) Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem
(D) Severely and increasingly numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system seeming
(E) Severely and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem

Answer is C or E? Pl explain.
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by leo » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:08 am
Correct Answer is C. Why E is wrong.
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by jaspetrovic » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:11 am
There is "severely" in E and it should be severe. It is parallel w/ numerous, not w/ incresingly.
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by Cybermusings » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:41 am
Should be C....
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by RAGS » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:15 am
jaspetrovic wrote:There is "severely" in E and it should be severe. It is parallel w/ numerous, not w/ incresingly.
The severe refers to critics and so does increasingly numerous
severely critics does not make sense
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by leo » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:58 am
Thanks. OA is C
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by f2001290 » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:52 pm
"severe" should modify critics . "severely" cannot modify critics.

We cannot say "severely critics"
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by thegmatbeater » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:02 pm
Why increasingly and the clause beginning with that?
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by NSNguyen » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:11 am
IMO: C severe parallel with numerous, both compliment for critics
severely cannot compliment for numerous
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WHY INCREASINGLY???

by Petergmat » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:51 pm
We use ADVERBS to modify:

1. ADJECTIVES (e.g. "increasingly numerous")

2. VERBS (e.g. my brother drives well)

3. ANOTHER ADVERB (e.g. My brother drives very carefully)

We use ADJECTIVES to modify nouns (e.g. "severe critics")

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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:18 am
C here too..

jaspetrovic reply makes sense.
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