Sentence Correction

174.Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used as a secret language to communicate with other members of the herd.
(A) Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used
(B) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, and they may use this
(C) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds, believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, that they may use
(D) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads; elephants emit low-frequency sounds they may use
(E) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads, low-frequency sounds are emitted by elephants that may be used

182.Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.

184.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

188.By installing special electric pumps, farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer.
(A) farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer
(B) the warmth from cows’ milk could be used by farmers to heat their houses, according to one agricultural engineer
(C) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses
(D) farmers, according to one agricultural engineer, could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses
(E) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk

D
B
B
D

C
B
E
D

iwill wrote:174.Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used as a secret language to communicate with other members of the herd.
(A) Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used
(B) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, and they may use this
(C) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds, believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, that they may use
(D) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads; elephants emit low-frequency sounds they may use
(E) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads, low-frequency sounds are emitted by elephants that may be used

182.Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.

184.Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

188.By installing special electric pumps, farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer.
(A) farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer
(B) the warmth from cows’ milk could be used by farmers to heat their houses, according to one agricultural engineer
(C) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses
(D) farmers, according to one agricultural engineer, could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses
(E) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk

185.C
186.B
187.B
188.D

C
B
B
D

oa???

C
B
B
D


PLEASE POST SEPARATE QUESTIONS IN SEPARATE THREAD

in 174 - doesn't 'that' in choice C modify 'forhead' instead of 'sound'?

In choice B 'this' is ambiguous. This could refer to either sounds, or forheads.

in Choice A - elephants did not originate from forheads

Choice D - I just can't seem to digest it

all that remains is E - which is what I will have to go with. I don't like this choice though

B
B

By installing special electric pumps,.... - ask yourself - who installed special electric pumps? farmer's houses or farmers?

imo D (for the last problem)

OA please...

1. E (used as or use as)
2. B (Govermentally is wrong(c), present perfect is wrong usage of tense here (D) )

3. B
4. C/E => C (IMO, its the agriculture engg. who installed the pumps)
C is active, E is passive

D
B
B
D

I have verified and corrected my answers so here goes my explanation.

Ans: C

174

A
is incorrect
because elephants are not believed to originate from small areas....


B
as already said this is ambiguious
also
they can refer to
"that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads" is not an essential modifier
it has to be between two commas as it is in C



DE
Originating, it is believed
is incorrect

also in D
part before ; is not a sentence


E says elephants may be used...Wrong

188

Ans: D

By installing special electric pumps
should modify farmers
so only D is correct

There may be some confusion wrt C and E
but agricultural engineer here is incorrect

had this been
while installing agricultural engineer then agricultural engineer would have been correct.

Hope this helps

stop - can you give me an example where 'that' is an essential modifier? I am a bit lost with

''it has to be between two commas as it is in C ''

stop@800 wrote:188

Ans: D

By installing special electric pumps
should modify farmers
so only D is correct

There may be some confusion wrt C and E
but agricultural engineer here is incorrect

had this been
while installing agricultural engineer then agricultural engineer would have been correct.

Hope this helps

Thanks man. I got it.
Gooood Explanation.

rohangupta83 wrote:stop - can you give me an example where 'that' is an essential modifier? I am a bit lost with

''it has to be between two commas as it is in C ''

The Dog that killed my cat has died.

Hope this helps!!

rohangupta83 wrote:in 174 - doesn't 'that' in choice C modify 'forhead' instead of 'sound'? .

Any explanation to Rohan's question ?