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Source Manhattan Flash Cards
Doubt 1
The world's top collector of empty vitamin bottles,Mrs Simpson has ten times as many bottles in her robust and famous collection as does Mr Fernandes, a mere hobbyist.
Doubt:-Would it be incorrect if i write the sentence as
The world's top collector of empty vitamin bottles,Mrs Simpson has ten times as many bottles in her robust and famous collection as has Mr Fernandes, a mere hobbyist.
Doubt 2
Maribel proved herself deserving of the MVP award in girl's basketball, scored a record number of goals,became the first female player at the school,and inspired her teammates immeasurably.
Is the above sentence not parallel? i have made the verbs "bold" because of which i though that the sentence is correct.
However The correct answer is
Maribel proved herself deserving of the MVP award in girl's basketball, scoring a record number of goals,becoming the first female player at the school,and inspiring her teammates immeasurably.
Why -ing forms? Please explain. I didn't understand the explanation. According to the explanation the last 3 words are subordinate of the verb "proved" because of which we require -ing forms for parallelism.
Doubt 3
Sandeep was told by his parents that if he helped his brother Rajeev get "A" grade in trigonometry, he could go to the batting cage.
Why is the use of "he" ambiguous? According to repetition rule ( repeated pronouns refer to the same thing) is he not referring to Sandeep?
The correction made in the flashcard is
Sandeep was told by his parents that if he helped his brother Rajeev get "A" grade in trigonometry, Sandeep could go to the batting cage.
Doubt 1
The world's top collector of empty vitamin bottles,Mrs Simpson has ten times as many bottles in her robust and famous collection as does Mr Fernandes, a mere hobbyist.
Doubt:-Would it be incorrect if i write the sentence as
The world's top collector of empty vitamin bottles,Mrs Simpson has ten times as many bottles in her robust and famous collection as has Mr Fernandes, a mere hobbyist.
Doubt 2
Maribel proved herself deserving of the MVP award in girl's basketball, scored a record number of goals,became the first female player at the school,and inspired her teammates immeasurably.
Is the above sentence not parallel? i have made the verbs "bold" because of which i though that the sentence is correct.
However The correct answer is
Maribel proved herself deserving of the MVP award in girl's basketball, scoring a record number of goals,becoming the first female player at the school,and inspiring her teammates immeasurably.
Why -ing forms? Please explain. I didn't understand the explanation. According to the explanation the last 3 words are subordinate of the verb "proved" because of which we require -ing forms for parallelism.
Doubt 3
Sandeep was told by his parents that if he helped his brother Rajeev get "A" grade in trigonometry, he could go to the batting cage.
Why is the use of "he" ambiguous? According to repetition rule ( repeated pronouns refer to the same thing) is he not referring to Sandeep?
The correction made in the flashcard is
Sandeep was told by his parents that if he helped his brother Rajeev get "A" grade in trigonometry, Sandeep could go to the batting cage.
