Thanks a lot, Marty, Dave and Guru. I realize the importance of applying rules without being too mechanical. 'Going by the ear' didn't quite work for me all the time. I am a non-native speaker. Sometimes, sentences that don't pass the test for the right usage of 'it' appear right to me. So, knowing ...

SC Question from Exam Pack - Restrictive Participle modifier

Giuseppe Alessi, a world-class chef whose life has been a search for the genuine and the delicious in Florentine cooking, is an accomplished scholar not only unearthing many of his recipes from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts but also a poet and philosopher who draws his inspiration from the id...

Thanks a lot, Dave and Guru. The explanations provided by both of you for B helped me understand why B is the right option. I now see why D is irrelevant. I misinterpreted choice B as something like this - It has been many years since the restriction was actually applied in the region on the right t...

CR Question from Exampack

Some species of Arctic birds are threatened by recent sharp increases in the population of snow geese, which breed in the Arctic and are displacing birds of less vigorous species. Although snow geese are a popular quarry for hunters in the southern regions where they winter, the hunting season ends ...