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Jupiter's moon

by eustudent » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:48 pm
With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Farenheit, Jupiter's moon (Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with) 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

a) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with

b) Europa has long been cosidered too far cold to suppord life, its

c) Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has

d) Europa, long conisdered as far too cold to support life, and its

e) Europa, long considered to be far too long to support life, and to have

Please elaborate. I couldn't give a reasonable explanation why is ___ the right answer
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Re: Jupiter's moon

by sk8ternite » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:29 pm
eustudent wrote:With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Farenheit, Jupiter's moon (Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with) 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

a) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with

b) Europa has long been cosidered too far cold to suppord life, its

c) Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has

d) Europa, long conisdered as far too cold to support life, and its

e) Europa, long considered to be far too long to support life, and to have

Please elaborate. I couldn't give a reasonable explanation why is ___ the right answer
Thanks
I would say A, the correct idiom is consider X Y. That takes out c, d, and e.
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Re: Jupiter's moon

by shahdevine » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:34 pm
eustudent wrote:With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Farenheit, Jupiter's moon (Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with) 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

a) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with

b) Europa has long been cosidered too far cold to suppord life, its

c) Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has

d) Europa, long conisdered as far too cold to support life, and its

e) Europa, long considered to be far too long to support life, and to have

Please elaborate. I couldn't give a reasonable explanation why is ___ the right answer
Thanks
I'd go b.

eliminate a, d and e - run ons
eliminate c - separates ideas of too cold to support life and frozen from top to bottom
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by sk8ternite » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:01 pm
too far cold? That seemed awkward and the reason I ruled out b
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by arorag » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:50 pm
has to be B
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by sk8ternite » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:30 pm
yea i just searched for this question, answer b is written wrong, it should be...Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its..and i agree b should be the answer. Is a wrong because there is no subject after and and it is a fragment?
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by umaa » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:13 pm
I don't see any perfect answer vhere. But I'd choose A. Because it uses Consider XY idioim.

B is wrong because TOO FAR COLD is wrong. It should be FAR TOO COLD
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by sk8ternite » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:43 pm
umaa wrote:I don't see any perfect answer vhere. But I'd choose A. Because it uses Consider XY idioim.

B is wrong because TOO FAR COLD is wrong. It should be FAR TOO COLD
umaa, i thought the same thing, but the question was written incorrectly, look at my post
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by umaa » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:08 pm
You're right. It should be FAR TOO COLD.
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by eustudent » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:30 am
Guys,

thank you for your elaboration

OA is B.

it doesn't make sense to my why though. maybe because English is not my native tongue.
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by eustudent » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:32 am
I am going to double check if it (B) is written as far too cold or too far cold.
It is possible that it was my mistake when I was posting this. i appologize in advance for that.
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