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- by tacosychelas
Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:52 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: a leak in bottom
- Replies: 4
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In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant. (A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor...
- by tacosychelas
Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-migrant workers
- Replies: 8
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I think D is better than C because the phrase "at its founding in 1833" in D, could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence: "X College was a renegade institution in deciding to accept both men and women as students" Therefore, I think D does not make the reader t...
- by tacosychelas
Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 sc #542
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3559
hello, hope this still helps. A and C are wrong because these options make the reader think that the College was renegade only in the moment that it was founded. E is wrong because it is awkward B is wrong because it does not expresses clearly who took the decision. Points of improvement are welcome
- by tacosychelas
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 sc #542
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3559
- by tacosychelas
Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "doubted that" vs "doubted whether"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9415
Confusing Dangling Modifier
Hi, If someone could expain why the answer is B over the others, spacially over C. Thanks in advance Attaining a majesty that is rare among birds in flight, high in the sky, the condor soars over foothills that look like brushed brown suede on hot, dry days. A) Attaining a majesty that is rare among...
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Confusing Dangling Modifier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3974
A) “which” wrongly refers to “banks” rather than to the situation. B) “a stringent background check” is singular; however, it is wrongly followed by the plural form “are” C) is allright D) “which” wrongly refers to “records” rather than to the situation. E) should say “The reason that…is that”, not ...
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: manhatan sc 4
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1661
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:25 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tricky: past perfect vs simple pas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3863
In D, The mistake is the pas "became"
People discover X every time Y became...
Corrections are welcome
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tense question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4101
tricky: past perfect vs simple pas
The reports from the Department of Commerce indicated that the economy had grown at an annual rate much higher than most economists had predicted.
A) had predicted.
B) predicted
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tricky: past perfect vs simple pas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3863
"doubted that" vs "doubted whether"
hello! Could someone explain what's the correct answer and why pleas? Thanks in advance During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to the location of Troy, and by the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed. A) doubted that Troy had ever existed. B) doubted whet...
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "doubted that" vs "doubted whether"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9415
While vs Whereas vs WHERE??
hello! I've got trouble with this one? any suggestions? thanks in advance While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking member’s prejudices in its supporting of the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after the 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist It...
- by tacosychelas
Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: While vs Whereas vs WHERE??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17213
Hi mate,
I reply just in case you still have the doubt.
Correct: X can move as pearls moving misteriously do
Correct: X can move like pearls moving misteriously
Regards
- by tacosychelas
Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:09 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Like vs AS, OG 11, Q 122
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5075