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by iwill » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:43 pm
122.As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than did in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.
(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than
(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s as
(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980’s as
(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980’s than

128.As it becomes more frequent to have spouses who both work outside the home, companies are beginning to help in finding new employment for the spouses of transferred employees.
(A) it becomes more frequent to have spouses who both work outside the home
(B) it becomes more frequent to have couples both working outside the home
(C) it becomes more common that both husband and wife should be working outside the home
(D) it becomes more common for both husband and wife to work outside the home
(E) couples in which both of the spouses working outside the home become more common

130.As many as 300 of the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may actually be the works of his students or other admirers.
(A) the 720 paintings attributed to Rembrandt may
(B) the 720 paintings attributed to be Rembrandt’s might
(C) the 720 paintings that were attributed to be by Rembrandt may
(D) the 720 Rembrandt paintings that were once attributed to him might
(E) Rembrandt’s paintings, although 720 were once attributed to him, may

131.As measured by the Commerce Department, corporate profits peaked in the fourth quarter of 1988 and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs.
(A) and have slipped since then, as many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs
(B) and have slipped since then, the reason being because many companies have been unable to pass on higher costs
(C) and slipped since then, many companies being unable to pass on higher costs
(D) but, many companies unable to pass on higher costs, they have slipped since then
(E) yet are slipping since then, because many companies were unable to pass on higher costs

Please provide ur reasoning along with choice.

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by NSNguyen » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:16 am
122,
E is the choice,
few - countable noun, few .. than

128, D
common and frequent ( choose common for normal statement while frequent express times)
C, D remain
C ( should be .. elimimate)

D is my choice

130. A,
Attributed to , rest wordy,

131, E

need a contrast meaning, D ( they ? )
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by studying_for_MBA » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:02 am
122: Original sentence issues: Less: uncountable noun but number of people are countable so fewer A, B ruled out. Will be entering incorrect it is not a continuous process.
Idiomatic fewer than rather than fewer as: Answer E

128 Original sentence issues: Spouses incorrectly used in place of husband and wife. More common is better than more frequent as nothing about any previous frequency is mentioned. C is unnecessarily wordy. B is unidiomatic {Both X and Y is idomatic.}. E is wordy and redundant. So the correct answer is D.

130: B doesn’t have a Noun or pronoun subject. D changes the meaning E is wordy as well as meaning changing. C is redundant attributed to be by is incorrect use of the idiom attributed to. Correct Answer A

131 B is wordy. C contains being which makes it wordy, E too has redundancy. There is generally no comma after but which makes D incorrect, secondly there doesnt seem to be a need of contrast here. Answer A looks the best
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Check this link: A comma after but would be very unusual: https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learn ... v258.shtml

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by studying_for_MBA » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:02 am
122: Original sentence issues: Less: uncountable noun but number of people are countable so fewer A, B ruled out. Will be entering incorrect it is not a continuous process.
Idiomatic fewer than rather than fewer as: Answer E

128 Original sentence issues: Spouses incorrectly used in place of husband and wife. More common is better than more frequent as nothing about any previous frequency is mentioned. C is unnecessarily wordy. B is unidiomatic {Both X and Y is idomatic.}. E is wordy and redundant. So the correct answer is D.

130: B doesn’t have a Noun or pronoun subject. D changes the meaning E is wordy as well as meaning changing. C is redundant attributed to be by is incorrect use of the idiom attributed to. Correct Answer A

131 B is wordy. C contains being which makes it wordy, E too has redundancy. There is generally no comma after but which makes D incorrect, secondly there doesnt seem to be a need of contrast here. Answer A looks the best
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Check this link: A comma after but would be very unusual: https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learn ... v258.shtml

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