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by gtr02 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:05 pm
Legal immigrants new to the city have discovered job opportunities are difficult to come by, low-paying, and temporary in nature.

a) job opportunities are difficult to come by, low-paying, and
b) job opportunities to be difficult to come by, low-paying, and are
c) that job opportunities are difficult to come by, low-paying, and
d) job opportunities are difficult to come by and low-paying, and they are
e) that job opportunities are difficult to come by and low-paying, and they are

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OA: C
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by need720+ » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:29 pm
IMO C
for parallelism and correct usage of that.
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by krishna8143 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:30 pm
ans is C

its so simple that it has to be in indirect speech so it should contain conjunction that

with "that" we have two options c and e

in e the structure is changing so the ans is c

this is what i think

correct me if i went wrong

thanks ahead
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by gtr02 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:24 am
can you guys tell me the difference between A & C, meaning and correct usage of [that]? Thanks in advance.
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by need720+ » Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:39 am
gtr02 wrote:can you guys tell me the difference between A & C, meaning and correct usage of [that]? Thanks in advance.
Hi
IMO A is wrong as we need 'that' to follow 'discovered' to introduce a subordinate clause.

sentence structure is like this:
X have discovered that Y are ...
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:06 am
remember a rule, with word discover you need to use that

but don't use that for discovery of
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