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by mparakala » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:06 am
interpreted X as Y
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interpreted X to be Y

Which is the correct idiom. I believe both are right! However, pl explain!
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by mparakala » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:20 am
Q1: Ans: [c]
"interpreted as" is the correct idiom.
"are beginning to" is the right placement at the end of the sentence.

d and e have "which" in their sentences - the word is ambiguous as it is unclear whether the main subject is oil inventory or a drop in oil prices. Incorrect!
a and b clearly sound wordy and incorrect!

Q2: Ans:

the sentence is in simple past where there are 2 descriptions of a particular work.
Also, that.. that.. is good parallelism.
so B is correct!
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by rajeshsinghgmat » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:50 am
D the answer.
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by [email protected] » Mon May 20, 2013 6:14 am
I think in this two events occurred in the past and in sequence. So I used past perfect and simple past tense. No other than "C" gives this. I think "C" is the right question. But, a bit confused with it in the last. Please clarify.
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by ndqv » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:12 am
1st split: comma after "a word that" is wrong => cross A & D
2nd split: "had taken" vs "took": no need for past perfect; past tense is sufficient
Choose B
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by [email protected] » Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:15 am
Hey Stacey!!
The use of past perfect in the option "C" is not wrong?
Do reply!

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by JurgenPeci » Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:22 am
My answer is B
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by rajmohantc » Sun May 04, 2014 9:49 am
IMO, the answer is B.
captures the entire meaning as-is.
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by DevB » Sun May 04, 2014 11:18 am
IMO B too. Please confirm the answer...
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by jaspreetsra » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:02 am
First : D
Second :B
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by sarthak.agarwal » Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:36 pm
IMO First QA : D (Option A,B,C start with "a development" right after "oil inventory". This is incorrect modification. Between D & E Interpreted as is the correct idiom)

Second QA : B
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by debusingh » Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:32 am
All : in Q1 I didn't't understand what author is trying to say "reported sharp drop in oil prices about oil inventory,". Looks like I am missing something obvious here.
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by Biji » Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:35 am
Q 1) D
Q 2) B

For the illiad question "pronounced it as " is gramatically incorrect. Pronounced as works

For the first question it is always idiomatically correct to use interpreted as and not "interpreted to be".
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by deepak4mba » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:20 pm
D
B
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