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Can some one explain what is wrong with option 5.

by tarunkanti1981 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:45 am
Scientific language often employs common words in ways that clash with the general usage, such as "temperate"; this term is generally used to refer to mild, pleasant weather, but climatologists use it in regions where summers are hot, winters are harsh, and extreme climatic variation.


2.often employs common words in ways that clash with their general usage; for instance, the term "temperate," which in general usage refers to mild, pleasant weather, is used by climatologists to describe regions with hot summers, harsh winters

5.employs common words in ways that often clash with their general usage; climatologists in particular use the term "temperate" -- which generally refers to mild, pleasant weather -- in describing regions with hot summers and harsh winters
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:34 am
There are a lot of things, the easiest is that 'in describing' would have to be 'to describe'
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by patanjali.purpose » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:35 am
tarunkanti1981 wrote:Scientific language often employs common words in ways that clash with the general usage, such as "temperate"; this term is generally used to refer to mild, pleasant weather, but climatologists use it in regions where summers are hot, winters are harsh, and extreme climatic variation.

5.employs common words in ways that often clash with their general usage; climatologists in particular use the term "temperate" -- which generally refers to mild, pleasant weather -- in describing regions with hot summers and harsh winters
Many issues in 5:
1) OFTEN shifts its position from EMPLOYS to CLASH. There is a difference between 'Language often employs common words' and "Words often clash with usage"

2) hot summers, harsh winters, extreme climatic variation ARE ITEMS of a list and therefore use of AND in between hot summers and harsh winters is wrong
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