According to some SC guides, an idiom has a "correct" form and a "suspect" form. The "suspect" forms are sometimes grammatically correct but may be wordy and less preferred. For example.
Correct: He can run.
Suspect: He has the capability of running.
My question is that if a SC problem has 2 choices, each of which represents one of the above forms, then can we eliminate the suspect form right away since a more appropriate form is already present in the other choice? Or should we look for other errors in the two choices and only if there are no other errors in the two choices, we should then eliminate the "suspect" form?
I have seen the wordier forms in many choices that turn do not turn out to be the wrong answer choice. I then question myself that why did i waste time looking for other errors when clearly the incorrect option had the wordier idiom form.
Correct: He can run.
Suspect: He has the capability of running.
My question is that if a SC problem has 2 choices, each of which represents one of the above forms, then can we eliminate the suspect form right away since a more appropriate form is already present in the other choice? Or should we look for other errors in the two choices and only if there are no other errors in the two choices, we should then eliminate the "suspect" form?
I have seen the wordier forms in many choices that turn do not turn out to be the wrong answer choice. I then question myself that why did i waste time looking for other errors when clearly the incorrect option had the wordier idiom form.
