Sentence Correction

Q, The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” /a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a/ new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.
A. a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
B. a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a
C. a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well
D. critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of
E. critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own
envisioning of


Q.

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition /that they not be named/ in the press reports.
A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

Q.

/Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives/recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been publishing since 1772.
A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives
B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,and
C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral narratives and
D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral narratives
E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely oral narratives

IMO A

IMO B

IMO A

In that order

B/c: critique and envisioning not parallel ELIMINATED
critiquig is incorrect eliminate d/e
critique and vision are parallel ..so A is answer


My oa : B
Condition that more apt


Thinking and now understanf don’t go E wrong/B wrong
And recorded incorrect , oral narratives recorded is correct Eliminate C

Scholars is subject so Eliminate D
A is correct



What are the OAs

The OA's are:

B
C
A

in the question order.

explanation please?

Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives/recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been publishing since 1772.

A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives

B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,and

C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral narratives and

D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral narratives

E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely oral narratives


more thoughts on this?

reachac wrote:IMO A

IMO B

IMO A

In that order

reachac, I guess we all expect to hear more from a Moderator...

IMO sa jghsaG GJAHGJAgsag SO ?

1. (A)
2. (A)
3. (A)

logitech wrote:

reachac wrote:IMO A

IMO B

IMO A

In that order

reachac, I guess we all expect to hear more from a Moderator...

IMO sa jghsaG GJAHGJAgsag SO ?

Surely your expectations are justified. BTW, the timestamp on the post says it is an old one and I wasn't a MOD then. But that is no excuse, my apologies.

Anyhow, This is what I think of these questions now.

1)The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early
experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” a critique of all chemistry since Robert
Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.

A. a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a ......Parallelism is maintained + proper use of 'since'.
B. a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a..........Violates paralleism + "following" is inappropriate word here.
C. a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well.........Violates paralleism + "after" is inappropriate word here.
D. critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of........Violates paralleism + "critiquing"and "forward" are inappropriate words here.
E. critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own
envisioning of........"critiquing"and "done since" are inappropriate words here.

Q.

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition /that they not be named/ in the press reports.
A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

Changing my answer to A, looks like subjunctive to me now atleast[:)]

Q.

/Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral narratives/recorded by missionaries or anthropologists now understand this body of work to consist of both oral literatures and the written works of Native American authors, who have been publishing since 1772.
A. Scholars who once thought Native American literatures were solely oral
narratives.....Correct
B. Scholars thinking of Native American literatures once solely as oral narratives,and......Awkward sentence structure
C. Scholars who once had thought of Native American literatures solely as oral narratives and....Use of past perfect "had thought" is inappropriate
D. Native American literatures, which some scholars once thought were solely oral narratives.......Changes the subject/focus of the sentence from "Scholars" to "Native American literature"
E. Native American literatures, which some scholars once, thinking they were solely oral narratives....Changes the subject/focus of the sentence from "Scholars" to "Native American literature"