In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it.
(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
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attempt is anyways a try..
so attempt to try doesnt sound good to me.
I'll go with E.
whats the OA ?
so attempt to try doesnt sound good to me.
I'll go with E.
whats the OA ?
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arorag wrote:In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism�s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it.
(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it - Awkward
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant - Awkward
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant - Redundant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it - Redundant
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant - Correct. the noun 'attempt' replaces the gerund 'trying'
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no question about the correct answer, just want clarification on the comma in the correct answer
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
these items look parallel, so why the comma between the parallel items "the chemical irritant"
attempt to metabolize, or to render harmless, the chemical irritant
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
these items look parallel, so why the comma between the parallel items "the chemical irritant"
attempt to metabolize, or to render harmless, the chemical irritant
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Commas can mark off information that is parenthetical -- non-essential to the sentence. It is an elaboration on what came before, rather than a thing that is parallel to "metabolize."pinchharmonic wrote:no question about the correct answer, just want clarification on the comma in the correct answer
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
these items look parallel, so why the comma between the parallel items "the chemical irritant"
attempt to metabolize, or to render harmless, the chemical irritant
Can anyone explain what's the mail sentence here.
Dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant.?
I am not clear in the part, enzymes are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant .
Dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant.?
I am not clear in the part, enzymes are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant .
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The enzymes are the organism's attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant.kisna_428 wrote:Can anyone explain what's the mail sentence here.
Dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant.?
I am not clear in the part, enzymes are the attempt to metabolize the chemical irritant .
A body under attack produces various substances.
In biology circles, these substances are sometimes deemed the body's ATTEMPT to defend itself.
Here, the ENZYMES constitute the organism's ATTEMPT to defend itself against the chemical irritant.
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Although an "-ing" verb such as trying can sometimes be used as a noun, the phrase the organism's trying to Metabolize in A is unidiomatic because trying is used as the object of organism's. In B, trying that it metabolize is ungrammatical. The noun attempt could follow organism's; also, it would parallel the noun enzymes, and parallelism is needed here because the sentence uses the linking verb are to equate enzymes and attempt. In C and D, however, attempt to try is redundant. Choice E, which says attempt to metabolize, is best. The phrase the chemical irritant is also the most concise and precise conclusion for the sentence because it clearly refers to the dioxin mentioned earlier. Hence, E is the answer.
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"it" in choice a,b and d is not good. it is ambiguous compared with zero "it" in other choices. this is preference not hard and fast rule. ambiguous pronoun can be accepted if no better choice exist.arorag wrote:In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism�s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it.
(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
"such a chemical" needs a word "chemical " in preceding clause. c is gone
doing and noun can work as a noun. doing is a process. the noun is a fact or result. not all of doing is a process . some doing are facts.
there are a few patterns
noun is noun
noun is doing
noun is to do
the book is a good gift.
my hobby is reading english
my purpose is to learn mba.
if both doing and noun exist, the first is a process, the second fact. I AM NOT CONFIDENT OF THIS POINT, PLS COMMENT.
enzyme are process of trying. this meaning is bad. a thing can not be a process. enzyme are attempts. this is good meaning
in combination of words, why this word can be in the combination but the other of OF THE SAME KIND can not be in the combination? this is purely meaning logic problem which you can solve , using your common sense of this world.
i can not say :my hobby is to read english. because "to read" is a intended future action can not be a hobby, which exists now.
so enzymes can not be trying.
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when "it" is at the end of the sentence, or at the end of long phrase, "it" can be wrong because pronoun refer to a noun in preceding phrase/clause , and normally there are many nouns in preceding clause.
so, if you do not parallelism to make pronoun clear, pronoun at the end of clause normally wrong.
CAUTION with pronoun at the end.
so, if you do not parallelism to make pronoun clear, pronoun at the end of clause normally wrong.
CAUTION with pronoun at the end.