Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.
(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
why E incorect?
answer D that "underestimate " is verb or noun?
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ans is either D or E
bcoz
D fails parallelism that...that
E is correct.
bcoz
D fails parallelism that...that
E is correct.
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nationalfuel wrote:Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.
(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
why E incorect?
the answer is D.
please explain it
answer D that "underestimate " is verb or noun?
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nationalfuel wrote:nationalfuel wrote:Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.
(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
(D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that
(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when
why E incorect?
the answer is D.
please explain it
answer D that "underestimate " is verb or noun?
Answer is E......D is incorrect
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OA is D.
Already discussed elsewhere.
overestimate the amount of energy used by visible equipment....................
and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment....
tried to simplify the sentence for better reading and understanding...
that - a relative pronoun refers to "amount of energy"
Already discussed elsewhere.
overestimate the amount of energy used by visible equipment....................
and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment....
tried to simplify the sentence for better reading and understanding...
that - a relative pronoun refers to "amount of energy"
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