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by sandy217 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:24 am
Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.
A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or
comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid
or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet
will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may

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by Frankenstein » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:37 am
Hi,
C & D are pretty close. Hard to choose one over the other. D sounds better because it looks more polished than C because D uses 'rating the likelihood' and C uses 'rate how likely'. I can't find any grammatical error in either of them.
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by itsmebharat » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:39 am
IMO E as the original stem include may, so the answer choice cant have will

Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids,
who is reponding ?? a scale or an anstronomers, eliminate A & B

a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or
comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid
or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet
will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may
I am not an Expert, please feel free to suggest if there is an error.
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by Frankenstein » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:43 am
itsmebharat wrote:IMO E as the original stem include may, so the answer choice cant have will

Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids,
who is reponding ?? a scale or an anstronomers, eliminate A & B

a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or
comet may
B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid
or comet to
C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet
will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may
Hi,
When we use likelihood, there should be some event or occurrence of something.
D clearly mentions the likelihood of the event 'that an asteroid will collide'
But, in E, it says likelihood of a asteroid. Moreover, likelihood is itself not certainty. Using 'may' again is redundant.
Doesn't it look incorrect?
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by vineeshp » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:57 am
I am with D.
E cant be. Likelihood already conveys chance. May is redundant.
Also in E, a scale that rates.. It is not the scale that rates, it is the astronomers.
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by cans » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:00 am
IMO C
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by sandy217 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:01 am
cans wrote:IMO C
OA C Care to explain please?
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by sameerballani » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:14 am
sandy217 wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may

[spoiler]Between C and D?? NO IMO'S , Explanations please[/spoiler]
c maintains parallelism to rate||to collide
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by Frankenstein » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:23 am
sameerballani wrote:
sandy217 wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may

[spoiler]Between C and D?? NO IMO'S , Explanations please[/spoiler]
c maintains parallelism to rate||to collide
Hi,
I don't think that has anything to do with parallelism. The 'to' in 'to collide' comes from 'likely to'
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by sandy217 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:36 am
Frankenstein wrote:
sameerballani wrote:
sandy217 wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may

[spoiler]Between C and D?? NO IMO'S , Explanations please[/spoiler]
c maintains parallelism to rate||to collide
Hi,
I don't think that has anything to do with parallelism. The 'to' in 'to collide' comes from 'likely to'
Adding to above post. they are not meant to be paralleled. Scale is to rate and to collide Earth? NO
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by dv2020 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:09 am
I am with D too for most of the reasons mentioned above but I am not sure of one idiom usage rating the likelihood that
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by sameerballani » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:49 pm
Frankenstein wrote:
sameerballani wrote:
sandy217 wrote:Responding to the public's fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm overpossible
threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood
that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to
D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid
or comet will
E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or
comet that may

[spoiler]Between C and D?? NO IMO'S , Explanations please[/spoiler]
c maintains parallelism to rate||to collide
Hi,
I don't think that has anything to do with parallelism. The 'to' in 'to collide' comes from 'likely to'
hey even i feel it should be D. I am confused. Your point seems correct.
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