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Difference between 'caused from' and 'a result of'

by vamsi999 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:48 pm
Qs: Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
B) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

Ans is 'B'.

Can some one explain me the difference between 'caused from' and 'a result of'.

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by BastiG » Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:21 am
Can you please post the source of the question. And please post all possible answers. I don't think that b is correct. I think that there should be a comma.
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by vamsi999 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:32 am
Hi,

The qs with all options is as below:

Qs: Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
B) caused because they sat too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
C)a result from sitting for lengthy periods of time too near to a monitor .
D) a result which came from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
E) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

Ans is 'E'.

There is no comma in any of the options. Got this qs in Manhattan Test series.

Thanks in advance,
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by BastiG » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:28 am
vamsi999 wrote:Hi,

The qs with all options is as below:

Qs: Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
B) caused because they sat too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
C)a result from sitting for lengthy periods of time too near to a monitor .
D) a result which came from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
E) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

Ans is 'E'.

There is no comma in any of the options. Got this qs in Manhattan Test series.

Thanks in advance,
Vamse
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Caused and a result are modifying eye strain and fatigue. Eye strain and fatigue are results and not causes. So you can eliminate A and B. Furthermore B has a redundancy. (caused and because)
Among C,D and E is E the best possible answer. C and D have a wrong idiom "a result from". Furthermore D is clumsy. You don't need "which came". So E is the best possible answer. I wonder why there is no comma before a result.
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by tetura84 » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:36 am
vamsi999 wrote: Qs: Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
B) caused because they sat too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
C)a result from sitting for lengthy periods of time too near to a monitor .
D) a result which came from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
E) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
The correct idioms are,
*) caused by
*) a result of
So, answer is E
Also, as BastiG pointed out, in option B, cause and because is redundant.
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:54 am
tetura84 wrote:
vamsi999 wrote: Qs: Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
B) caused because they sat too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
C)a result from sitting for lengthy periods of time too near to a monitor .
D) a result which came from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
E) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.
The correct idioms are,
*) caused by
*) a result of
So, answer is E
Also, as BastiG pointed out, in option B, cause and because is redundant.
I came here to say this. "Caused from" is not a correct idiom. Note that "from" on its own can mean "caused by", but wouldn't have been good in this sentence because we already have a "from" in "suffer from."
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