In the mid-1920's the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance.
(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers' performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions' effects on workers' performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
[spoiler]B vs E.....which one is better and why????[/spoiler]
In the mid-1920’s the Hawthorne Works
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In the mid-1920's the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance.
(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers' performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions' effects on workers' performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
Experiments will not investigate them selves ........ SO A and D are wrong
now we are b/w B,C,E....Out of which B have particple and E have infinitive.....In general we use infinitive for futuristic things ....since this had happened in mid of 1920's so E is wrong.....
Now it should be b/e B or C , but C is wrong because it changes the meaning........Changes in workers condition would effect the performance....not the effects in workers performance would be.........
So the Answer for this Question is B.....
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(A) that would investigate changes in working conditions as to their effects on workers' performance
(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
(C) for investigating what are the effects in workers' performance that changes in working conditions would cause
(D) that investigated changes in working conditions' effects on workers' performance
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
Experiments will not investigate them selves ........ SO A and D are wrong
now we are b/w B,C,E....Out of which B have particple and E have infinitive.....In general we use infinitive for futuristic things ....since this had happened in mid of 1920's so E is wrong.....
Now it should be b/e B or C , but C is wrong because it changes the meaning........Changes in workers condition would effect the performance....not the effects in workers performance would be.........
So the Answer for this Question is B.....
Please give Correct Answer for this Question
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to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
I think in E the line what the effects has some problem or it is wordy u can say
so B wins.
I think in E the line what the effects has some problem or it is wordy u can say
so B wins.
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(B) investigating the effects that changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
More precise and clear.
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
Is wordy and awkward.
B vs E.....which one is better and why
More precise and clear.
(E) to investigate what the effects changes in working conditions would have on workers' performance
Is wordy and awkward.
B vs E.....which one is better and why
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Here we have to cope with a timing issue. The correct sentence has to highlight events in a
logical chronological order.
Sentence starts telling us that the events unfold in 1920. Since "would" expresses uncertainty,
suggesting that we have to put ourselves chronologically slightly before the events'
happening, at a time in which we don't know yet the results.
A) as is used to: 1) compare items 2) present examples (such as) 3) identify a role
(as physician, as engineer) 4) to replace while (to show that two events happen
simultaneously) 5) to present a reason. The use of as in this context is pointless, "such
as", presenting an example of investigated changes, would have worked out If the
sentence had featured it.
B) Works out perfectly.
C) "For investigating" is a wrong. For should be followed by a noun, a pronoun or a
present participle functioning as noun or as adjective preceding a noun. "investigate" is
a transitive verb and its noun form is "investigation" its adjective form is investigative.
D) Meaning issue seems to indicate that the effects have changed but the conditions
have not. Also "investigated" is not consistent with our temporal interpretation of the
sentence.
E) Grammatically wrong. "what" is redundant. "investigate X" is better than "investigate
what X is"
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logical chronological order.
Sentence starts telling us that the events unfold in 1920. Since "would" expresses uncertainty,
suggesting that we have to put ourselves chronologically slightly before the events'
happening, at a time in which we don't know yet the results.
A) as is used to: 1) compare items 2) present examples (such as) 3) identify a role
(as physician, as engineer) 4) to replace while (to show that two events happen
simultaneously) 5) to present a reason. The use of as in this context is pointless, "such
as", presenting an example of investigated changes, would have worked out If the
sentence had featured it.
B) Works out perfectly.
C) "For investigating" is a wrong. For should be followed by a noun, a pronoun or a
present participle functioning as noun or as adjective preceding a noun. "investigate" is
a transitive verb and its noun form is "investigation" its adjective form is investigative.
D) Meaning issue seems to indicate that the effects have changed but the conditions
have not. Also "investigated" is not consistent with our temporal interpretation of the
sentence.
E) Grammatically wrong. "what" is redundant. "investigate X" is better than "investigate
what X is"
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Hi kisna_428,kisna_428 wrote:Is B not suggesting that experiments themselves are investing ? By the word order of "experiments investigating"
You pose an interesting question. Basically choice B,suggesting that the experiments themselves are investigating something, communicates correct meaning.
Let's take a similar example:
The results were derived from studies analyzing the incomes of various age groups.
Here, we may ask a similar question to yours: how can studies analyze something?
However, the implied meaning is that the studies were used by someone to analyze something. In other words, we can say the following:
Economists conducted studies that analyzed incomes of various age groups.
Similarly, in the question in discussion, the experiments were used by somebody to investigate something.
I hope this helps !
Regards,
Meghna
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