Dean Jones wrote:Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

One report concludes that many schools do not have, or likely to have, enough computers to use them effectively.
(A) or
(B) nor
(C) or are
(D) nor are they
(E) nor are not


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

My choice was option C

Regards
Deano.

IMOD
according to me the statement shows that the schools do not have any hope of getting coputers in future too.
hence 'nor' is better then 'or'
hence A and C are out.
E is awkward.
Between B and D, i think D sounds better and has a more sound structure.
plz correct me if wrong..
thnx...[/spoiler]

IMO -A;

One report concludes that many schools do not have, or likely to have, enough computers to use them effectively.
(A) or
(B) nor
(C) or are
(D) nor are they
(E) nor are not

went with C as well! Please provide OA and OE

What is the OA?

Thanks.

or is wrong here. nor should be the one used. So A & C are out.
E - double negative nor and not together
B - If you split it into two sentences the verb is missing in the second part. Many schools do not have nor do - second verb is missing

I do not have X nor do i have Y. - this is idiomatic.

IMO D.

We need to use parallel elements in this case.

We do not have laptops, nor are they likely to have.

Tenses Verb, Or Tensed Verb

HTH

OA - D

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/one ... t5713.html

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A- is wrong because of parallelism reasons.

He does not sing or dance ; --> is ok. do is a auxilary and both sing and dance are verbs;

where as
Schools don't have computers ; -> do is auxilary; Have is the verb;
Schools don't likely to have computers; -> do is main verb;

Have is paralleled with 'likely to have'


One report concludes that many schools do not have, or likely to have, enough computers to use them effectively.