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by reachac » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:45 am
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.


(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased

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by moneyman » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:23 am
Is it B ?
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by ildude02 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:17 pm
I'm debating between B and E. I suspect "to be" in E but it still looks less wordy and active expression. But I still have to pick B since "to be" is suspicious. What's the answer?

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Re: Minnesota

by kiranlegend » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:30 am
reachac wrote:The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.


(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased
E is my pick. what is the correct answer? B looks fine too but it has being

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by jsl » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:27 am
my initial gut reaction was E but I'm going with B... My logic matches that of kiranlegend

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by reachac » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:50 am
OA B