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A and B: “chiseled from solid rockâ€� in correctly modifies “the mountainous regionâ€� instead of “monasteriesâ€�. C: “are dottingâ€� suggests the process of “dottingâ€� is continuing and more and more monasteries are adding to the existing number. D: “are chiseled from …centuries agoâ...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:51 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC: many hundred / hundred
Replies: 11
Views: 2310

In choices A, B, and D, the combined use of annual and a year is redundant. Choices A, D, and E are awkward and confused because other constructions intrude within the phrase cost... of illiteracy: for greatest clarity, cost should be followed immediately by a phrase (e.g., of illiteracy ) that iden...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:49 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United
Replies: 3
Views: 1134

Choice A is best, for A alone makes clear that the land now known as Australia was considered the antipodes before it was developed. In B, it has no logical referent, because the previous clause describes a time when there was no Australia. Nor does it have a referent in C: substituting Australia fo...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:48 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: antipodes
Replies: 2
Views: 1322

Although an "-ing" verb such as trying can sometimes be used as a noun, the phrase the organism's trying to Metabolize in A is unidiomatic because trying is used as the object of organism's. In B, trying that it metabolize is ungrammatical. The noun attempt could follow organism's; also, i...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:44 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG question-help
Replies: 12
Views: 9481

B and C: “their�(plural) doesn’t have an antecedent.
D and E: “by the condominium corporation, not those of surrounding homeowners.� not parallel.
A: “its� correctly refers to “condominium corporation�. Hence, A is the answer

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:43 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC-21
Replies: 5
Views: 2090

Pronouns + Awkwardness/wordiness + Logical A: “their� in "investigate changes ... as to their effects" is unclear. C: “investigating what are the effects…working conditions would cause� wordy and awkward. D: Double possessives make the choice unclear and awkward. The intended mea...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:41 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: In the mid-1920s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric
Replies: 26
Views: 13956

D and E: Incorrect because they say " the only thing..." and then give two 'things' that need to be done 1) to leave them alone ... and 2) corral them and drive them to the market... A and B: Parallelism violated. “…feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them� “…to feed thems...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:40 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: # Oversimplified Cattle raising
Replies: 7
Views: 7126

In English the subjunctive mood is used to express a wish or requirement that a certain course of action be taken. Such phrasing takes the form to wish [or] require that x be y, not that x should be y or that x is y. Choice B, therefore, is best. In place of the subjunctive, A uses the indicative ar...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:38 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Judicial rules
Replies: 9
Views: 3962

) In the non underlined part “1984 to 1988� asks for “from� before it and not “between� which requires “X and Y� after it. Therefore, A and E are incorrect. “between X to Y� is unidiomatic. B: “After winning…� modifies “injuries� instead of “tennis celebrity Tracy�....

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:35 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tennis Celebrity
Replies: 15
Views: 4966

Pay attention to the last part of the sentence. “…the judgments of…� Since “judgments� is plural therefore, verb must also be plural. “have� must be used. A, B, and E: Use of “has� is incorrect. D: “the taste�(singular) is followed by “have�(plural). Subject-verb agreemen...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:36 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Metropolitan Museum
Replies: 5
Views: 3186

At issue in this question is subject-verb agreement; the number ... has risen must be the kernel of the main clause. Choice E, the best answer, uses a singular verb form, has, to agree with the singular subject, the number. Choices A, B, and C mistake criminals for the sentence subject and so incorr...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:33 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Criminals
Replies: 4
Views: 1487

Choice A is best. All of the other choices present errors in coordination or parallelism and also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters. In addition, these choices contain errors in grammar and idiom. Choice B ungrammatically uses and al...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:24 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Extraordinary diary
Replies: 9
Views: 3221

In A and B, it is been illogically suggested that children had miscarriages too. In C and E, parallelism is violated. Correct form: "to have either X or Y" or "either to have X or to have Y". Furthermore, C illogically suggests that children also had miscarriages. D maintains par...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Oryzalin!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1401

Consider Eric and joe as one person. Then we have total 2 persons to be seated.
No of ways of doing so = 2 ways
Now, Eric and joe could also be arranged in 2 different ways i.e Erik left to Joe and Erik right to Joe.
Hence, total ways = 2 x 2 = 4

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:17 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Erik and Joe..
Replies: 4
Views: 1854

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A 3-digit number ‘abc’ could be written as 100a + 10b + c. Total possible arrangements of ‘abc’ are 3! = 6 arrangements For exactly 2 times each digit a, b and c would be at each of the three places. So, Sum of digits at hundredth place = 2(a + b + c) Sum of digits at tens place = 2(a + b + ...

by rohit56

Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Method to solve
Replies: 9
Views: 2451