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a. Use of that is wrong
b.Concise and conveys the intended meaning
c. Same error as A
d. Modifier problem - incorrect placement of "childhood" which is supposed to modify "died"
e. Too wordy.
Hence, b is the answer.
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: medical advances
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1927
a. The constitutional rights of criminal defendants should be protected. Evident from line "which forbids a court to consider evidence seized in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights, has unduly hampered law-enforcement efforts." b. Most cases in which the exclusionary rule ...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:57 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: the exclusionary rule
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6743
In this context ‘From’ is followed by ‘to’. So, option B,C and E are eliminated.
Since we have already mentioned the semiconductor industry in the same sentence, there is no need of a prononun. Hence, c is ruled out.
Hence, a is the answer.
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG - After suffering $2 billion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3189
a. that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated. Could get does not go with the past construction. b. to recognize and treat their symptoms. Option ‘b’ is in Present tense so does not go with past have had. c. of getting their symptoms recognized and treated. Correct d. of recognizi...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:54 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 58. Adult survivors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6464
We cant use simple present tense here as the event clearly happened in past. So, C,D and E are eliminated. By assigning the modifier 'that were older' only to the languages, B excludes writing systems from the purview of oldness and thus implies that Arabic wiped of all writing systems, whether olde...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 Sc Q#66
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1574
We can eliminate A,B, and C because a cannon shooting dead chickens indicates that it is the present state of cannon which is not correct. It is rather the quality of cannon that it shoots chickens. Since, the activity is already over we can’t use simple present tense. So, d is ruled out. Hence, e...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:50 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United states air force officials a cannon
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9751
Premise: Government insurance protects bank customers from banks' financial weakness, allowing customers to choose banks only based on interest rate. Premise/Conclusion: Banks compete solely for customers based on interest rate, so banks are forced to raise interest rates. Premise: As interest rates...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR - complete the passage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1383
a. One’s own work, always one’s own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it. All three are parallel. Correct b. always work; because you don’t think about it or assess it, you just do it. Semicolon is wrongly used here. If we use semicolon then there is no need of us...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:48 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: According to the professor’s philosophy, the antidote to
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4243
a. if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure wrong usage of conditional sentence -"was" is wrongly used; change of meaning via "insecure" b. without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure. Grammatically and Logically correct. c. their grip on Alge...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar
- Replies: 46
- Views: 22981
Declining/declension means coming down. So, the use of declining down/ declension down is redundant. Hence, we can eliminate a,b and c.
Following gradually declining in option E is wrong usage. It should be “following gradual decline�.
So that leaves us with D.
Hence, d is the answer.
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 SC Questions # 62
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4280
Use of apostrophe is necessary. So, we rule out a, b, c.
d. It is grammatically and logically correct statement.
e. The statement followed by ‘being’ should come just after Natural gas.
Hence,d is the answer.
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United States second biggest fuel source
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5538
‘Between’ is always followed by ‘and’ and not by ‘with’.
So, option a and b are out.
Moreover, the whole sentence is in simple present tense. So, the use of ‘has’ and ‘have’ is grammatically wrong.
Hence, e is the answer.
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Acid Rain
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10032
a. Statement ‘a’ is a contradiction to the passage as the scores of students have not declined.So, there are no causes for the decline. b. It is also not mentioned that the scores have increased over the period. Hence, b could also not be a weakness. c. Irrelevant to the argument. d. Failure to ...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:33 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: In 1981, for the first time in over two decades, the average
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1205
a. ‘Discrimination’ doesn’t take ‘from’ as a preposition with it. b. Same error as ‘a’. c. ‘Discrimination’ takes ‘against’, ‘on’, ‘between’, ‘among’, ‘as’ and ‘by’ as prepositions along with it. So, option ‘c’ is grammatically true. d. ‘among’ shoul...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:32 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: discriminate to/from
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1636
a. The sentence is in present continuous tense. So, ‘Added to’ doesn’t go well with the sentence. b. Same error as ‘a’. c. ‘Added to’ should be changed with ‘in addition to’ and ‘were’ should be changed with ‘was’ as ‘increase’ here is used as singular. d. ‘was’ sho...
- by Krabhay
Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Added to the increase in hourly wages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3831