According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as,
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began
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MY ANSWER IS A
According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as,
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began
According to scholars, the earliest writing
(was probably not a direct rendering of speech,)
but (was more likely to begin as a separate and
distinct symbolic system of communication,)
and (only later merged with spoken language).
OPTION A IS PARALLEL IN CONSTRUCTION AS SHOWN ABOVE, AS THE but/and clauses( shown inside brackets) are parrallel to each other and all refers back to Subject ( the Earliest writting)
Actually I was expecting the Idiom NOT X but Y
but, in neither option X and y are given in parallel form.
EXPERTS PLEASE MAKE ME CORRECT ?
According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as,
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began
According to scholars, the earliest writing
(was probably not a direct rendering of speech,)
but (was more likely to begin as a separate and
distinct symbolic system of communication,)
and (only later merged with spoken language).
OPTION A IS PARALLEL IN CONSTRUCTION AS SHOWN ABOVE, AS THE but/and clauses( shown inside brackets) are parrallel to each other and all refers back to Subject ( the Earliest writting)
Actually I was expecting the Idiom NOT X but Y
but, in neither option X and y are given in parallel form.
EXPERTS PLEASE MAKE ME CORRECT ?
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Option A is incorrect, because it has inconsistence tense form. Instead of "begin", the sentence needs a "began".
B for me.
B for me.
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IMO B.sk8ternite wrote:According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as,
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began
NOT...BUT construction. Verbs after NOT and BUT should be parallel.
A is wrong. Because WAS is before NOT in the sentence.
C and D are wrong - AS A is correct. FROM A is wrong
E - NOT a direct rendering ..... BUT it was more likely - Not parallel
OA?
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A humble request to all :
In these topics, please copy the question and the answer options CORRECTLY. After copying the question, double-check to make sure that it doesn't have your " touch".
I have not given the OG diagnostic test and hence, didn't know the answer. After reading the question and the options, I could not find "the one".
I was really amazed how people were saying B as the correct answer when it had a comma after as, which does not make any sense.
I then googled this question to find out that the correct option B is :
All the pieces then fell into their places and it then struck me that my fellow forum mates have "mugged-up" the explanation and the credited response.
Please understand the importance of writing correctly in a forum. A lot of time gets wasted when mistakes like the one mentioned above happen.
In these topics, please copy the question and the answer options CORRECTLY. After copying the question, double-check to make sure that it doesn't have your " touch".
I have not given the OG diagnostic test and hence, didn't know the answer. After reading the question and the options, I could not find "the one".
I was really amazed how people were saying B as the correct answer when it had a comma after as, which does not make any sense.
I then googled this question to find out that the correct option B is :
it doesn't have a comma in the end.(B) more than likely began as
All the pieces then fell into their places and it then struck me that my fellow forum mates have "mugged-up" the explanation and the credited response.
Please understand the importance of writing correctly in a forum. A lot of time gets wasted when mistakes like the one mentioned above happen.
Regards,
Harsha
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sk8ternite wrote:According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as - Parallelism Error - was...to begin is not parallel to was and merged.
B. more than likely began as, - Correct
C. more than likely beginning from - Awkward
D. it was more than likely begun from - wrong tense
E. it was more likely that it began- Wordy
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nice catch. i remembered this problem from the og and hence knew the answer. i shud've been more attentive. thanks.harshavardhanc wrote:(B) more than likely began as
it doesn't have a comma in the end.
Can anyone help me why A is not correct answer. I see a parallelism here ( was probally.... was more likely... mergered ...) three verb is in past simple tensesk8ternite wrote:According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech,
but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
A. was more likely to begin as
B. more than likely began as,
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began
New here, but googled this problem after I took it and found this thread.
I was also originally going to choose B, but then I got tripped up because it seems like it is changing the meaning of the sentence.
From the original sentence it seemed that writing was more likely to begin as "a separate and distinct symbolic system" than as "a direct rendering of speech". B instead changes the comparison to "likely" instead, i.e. rather than just comparing one hypothesis to another as in the original sentence it seems to be comparing one hypothesis to a probability (likely).
In short, x is more likely than y is not equivalent to x is more than likely.
Am I making sense here?
I was also originally going to choose B, but then I got tripped up because it seems like it is changing the meaning of the sentence.
From the original sentence it seemed that writing was more likely to begin as "a separate and distinct symbolic system" than as "a direct rendering of speech". B instead changes the comparison to "likely" instead, i.e. rather than just comparing one hypothesis to another as in the original sentence it seems to be comparing one hypothesis to a probability (likely).
In short, x is more likely than y is not equivalent to x is more than likely.
Am I making sense here?