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SC 1000 Abundance

by sanyalpritish » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:51 am
With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.

(A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English

(B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English

(C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English

(D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation

(E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English
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by rockeyb » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:33 am
sanyalpritish wrote:With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.

Subject verb agreement is checked .

(A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English
[When compared with C this better and concise , Correct.]
(B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English
[Singular subject Icelandic needs singular verb IS and not ARE , eliminate]
(C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English
[BEING = present continuous form of verb TO BE is wordy here , eliminate]
(D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation
[Singular subject Icelandic needs singular verb IS and not ARE , eliminate]
(E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English
[Singular subject Icelandic needs singular verb IS and not ARE , eliminate]
"Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess"

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by subgeeth » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:38 pm
IMO D

one of + Plural noun + that/who + Plural verb

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by sg1978 » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:22 pm
IMO D. The subject here is languages and
it requires a plural verb.

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by rockeyb » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:54 pm
I agree the answer should be D.
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by sanyalpritish » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:45 am
OA-D

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