333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
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Phirozz
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who is prompted by new evidence ? autorities and not property owners. So after comma it should dstart with 'authorities'fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
B is wrong because of the use of 'adviced' when it should be 'advised'...fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
A eliminated because of the use of being
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fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
[Misplaced modifier the starting clause needs to modify AUTHORITIES instead modifying owners , eliminate]
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
[Correct , eliminate all the errors ]
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]
"Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess"
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This is simple one may be in the range of 500-600
Answer is C as explained by rockeyb
Answer is C as explained by rockeyb
fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
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prinit
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My pick is C. need to answer who is prompter...of-course authorities. So A and B are out. D has unnecessary they..fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
OA is c.
why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]
E is wrong for wrong usage of authorities'
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