Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
OA is C
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IMO C
"X have found that" is the right usage.
A, B , D are eliminated .
E that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
they is innecessary and could refer to witnesses or authorities . So no clear referent.
C is left
"X have found that" is the right usage.
A, B , D are eliminated .
E that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
they is innecessary and could refer to witnesses or authorities . So no clear referent.
C is left
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sumittaneja009 wrote:Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
OA is C
Sentence started with a clause must be introduced by "that"
Left are C and E
In C , 3 items are parallel while E breaks them into 2 parts and changes the meaning introducing pronoun errors
precisely , I don't understand that as well... how come the three parts are parallel...realanoop wrote:doesnt make sense
lets see the actions in parallel for option C
difficult to locate...
difficult to reticent...
difficult to suspicious of strangers (?!?!?!)
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(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
The parallel construct starts after the word "are",
that the local witnesses are .... difficult to locate
that the local witnesses are .... reticent
and that the local witnesses are .... suspicious of strangers
All three ("difficult to locate", "reticent" & "suspicious of strangers") modify local witnesses!
Dave
The parallel construct starts after the word "are",
that the local witnesses are .... difficult to locate
that the local witnesses are .... reticent
and that the local witnesses are .... suspicious of strangers
All three ("difficult to locate", "reticent" & "suspicious of strangers") modify local witnesses!
Dave
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Agree with you..chintudave wrote:(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
The parallel construct starts after the word "are",
that the local witnesses are .... difficult to locate
that the local witnesses are .... reticent
and that the local witnesses are .... suspicious of strangers
All three ("difficult to locate", "reticent" & "suspicious of strangers") modify local witnesses!
Dave
It should be C
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Since parallelism is only preserved by the pronoun that, only Option C & E are viable.
And between E & C, since the 'they' in E does not have a clear antecedent, we can eliminate that too.
This leaves us with C and I understand why that is the apt choice.
But my doubt regarding C is , should it not end with an 'are'
....that local witnesses ..... suspicious of strangers.. - ?!?!?!
....that local witnesses ..... ARE suspicious of strangers.. - This makes sense
Could someone clarify?
And between E & C, since the 'they' in E does not have a clear antecedent, we can eliminate that too.
This leaves us with C and I understand why that is the apt choice.
But my doubt regarding C is , should it not end with an 'are'
....that local witnesses ..... suspicious of strangers.. - ?!?!?!
....that local witnesses ..... ARE suspicious of strangers.. - This makes sense
Could someone clarify?
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No C should not end with an 'are'.eaakbari wrote: But my doubt regarding C is , should it not end with an 'are'
....that local witnesses ..... suspicious of strangers.. - ?!?!?!
....that local witnesses ..... ARE suspicious of strangers.. - This makes sense
Could someone clarify?
Please understand that the following items are completely parallel:
'difficult to locate', 'reticent', and 'suspicious of strangers'
So we can either use 'are' at the beginning of the first item in the list or use 'are' before each item in the list.
Try flipping the position of these items to see through what i am suggesting.
Let's say we have "that local witnesses are reticent, difficult to locate, and suspicious of strangers".
I hope you get the drift....
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Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are- 'Are' in the end is not required. It creates a parallelism error. Also missing 'that' in the beginning
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are - 'Are' in the end is not required. It creates a parallelism error. also missing 'that' in the beginning
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are - missing 'that' in the beginning. Also, the meaning changes because of the change when 'locate and reticent' are clubbed together as one thing. Basically, now the sentences means that the local witnesses are difficult to locate and difficult to reticent. This makes no sense.
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are- changes meaning as described in (D)
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are- 'Are' in the end is not required. It creates a parallelism error. Also missing 'that' in the beginning
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are - 'Are' in the end is not required. It creates a parallelism error. also missing 'that' in the beginning
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are - missing 'that' in the beginning. Also, the meaning changes because of the change when 'locate and reticent' are clubbed together as one thing. Basically, now the sentences means that the local witnesses are difficult to locate and difficult to reticent. This makes no sense.
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are- changes meaning as described in (D)