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- by James_83
Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Question.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6399
SC Question.
35. According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health. (A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder pos...
- by James_83
Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Question.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6399
modifiers are the phrases that modifies or we can say refers to the immediate noun/pronoun.! So, the modifiers should as close to the modifying noun. "Created in 1731, Anders Celsius’ original thermometer " Here, "created in 1731" is a modifier and it is modifying the immediate n...
- by James_83
Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifiers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2192
- by James_83
Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Star compress itself
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5017
- by James_83
Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Eastern European
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1952
I don't think it is the case of compact disc or compact discs. we never say "apples grower" else say "apple grower". I inferred it like this:- b)"where" is used to refer to a place. So, here it is referring to a box. So, wrong. c)"in which to" - awkward constr...
- by James_83
Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:22 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: plastic box
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1531
@raunekk
Yes. The comma should be there otherwise the phrase seems awkward.
However, B seems to be best choice.
- by James_83
Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: feudal europe
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2311
- by James_83
Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Lake Manyara Park
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4113
@skyline77 Here, the comparison is between the paintings where option C is comparing "paintings with a person." Hence, you can eliminate C. C) much as Vermeer did. You can rewrite the sentence with the option C The paintings of Georges de la Tour ---------- much as Vermeer did. So, now you...
- by James_83
Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:39 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GEORGES DE LA TOUR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2108
IMO E.
Moreover, in B & D, "it" is ambiguos and in general, it should be stinger.
So, we can eliminate them.
- by James_83
Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: HOW TO ATTACK THIS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2127
And in case of D & E, the subject is "Native American literatures". So, if we eliminate the "which clause", the sentence will be like this:- Native American literatures now understand............ So, its not literatures but its scholars who now understand. So, one can easily ...
- by James_83
Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Scholars who once
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5892
- by James_83
Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: of the most popular resort destinations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3156
@miguelgav20 - u r right that LIKE is used to compare two nouns but SIMILIAR things. So, look at option A. What it is comparing is "performance indicators" and "the growth rate of...".
So, you cannot compare these things. So, eliminate A.
- by James_83
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Like other performance indicators, the growth rate of a star
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3819
Firstly,i choose D..But got confused in possessive pronoun 'his'. Since, possessive nouns can be replaced by possessive pronouns or vice-versa, so i eliminated D. And on the same basis, i choose E.
I am not sure whether i am correct.
- by James_83
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Possessive pronoun
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2117
- by James_83
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Possessive pronoun
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2117