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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:01 am
According to anthropologists, the use of human language covers a wide spectrum from practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy within a social group.

a)practical communication between people engaged in the same task to establishing hierarchy

b)communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy

c)practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishing of hierarchy

d)communicating practically between people engaging in the same task to hierarchy established

e)practical communication between people engaged in the same task to the establishment of hierarchy
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by codesnooker » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:09 am
Answer should be (E).
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by NSNguyen » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:57 pm
IMO: E
communication ... establishment .. paralellism,
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by kiran.raze » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:39 am
IMO A, whats the OA ?
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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:14 pm
IMO A
from practical communication to establishing hierarchy....
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by codesnooker » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:25 pm
stop@800 wrote:IMO A
from practical communication to establishing hierarchy....
Option (A) is wrong because of incorrect formation. The correct IDIOM is from X to Y, where both X and Y should belong to same category of parts of speech.

So in current scenario,

X = the same task
Y = establishing hierarchy OR the establishment of hierarchy

Now here X is NOUN, so Y should also be NOUN, therefore choose "the establishment of hierarchy", which NOUN, whereas "establishing hierarchy" is gerund.

Therefore, choose (E).

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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:44 pm
Sounds logical.
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codesnooker wrote:
stop@800 wrote:IMO A
from practical communication to establishing hierarchy....
Option (A) is wrong because of incorrect formation. The correct IDIOM is from X to Y, where both X and Y should belong to same category of parts of speech.

So in current scenario,

X = the same task
practical communication
Y = establishing hierarchy OR the establishment of hierarchy

Now here X is NOUN, so Y should also be NOUN, therefore choose "the establishment of hierarchy", which NOUN, whereas "establishing hierarchy" is gerund.

Therefore, choose (E).

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by codesnooker » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:47 pm
stop@800 wrote:Sounds logical.
A small correction
codesnooker wrote:
stop@800 wrote:IMO A
from practical communication to establishing hierarchy....
Option (A) is wrong because of incorrect formation. The correct IDIOM is from X to Y, where both X and Y should belong to same category of parts of speech.

So in current scenario,

X = the same task
practical communication
Y = establishing hierarchy OR the establishment of hierarchy

Now here X is NOUN, so Y should also be NOUN, therefore choose "the establishment of hierarchy", which NOUN, whereas "establishing hierarchy" is gerund.

Therefore, choose (E).

Hope this helps...
Sorry, I guess I was in rush. My bad. :shock:
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by amitabhprasad » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:23 pm
I will still go with "E".
A. from practical communication (noun) ... to establishing hierarchy (action)
B. from communicating practically (action+adverb) ... to the establishment of hierarchy (noun)
C. from practical communication (noun) ... to the establishing of hierarchy (awkward)
D. from practical communicating (awkward) ... to the establishing of hierarchy (awkward)
E. from practical communication (noun) ... to the establishment of hierarchy (noun) ... hence correct.

Correct me if I am missing something ?
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