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written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published
bold words make the year precise ...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000SC Q 11
- Replies: 18
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- by Rajat Khandelwal
Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: BMW
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
i think in both questions...option A is better. In first one, the sentence talks about the majority--a group-- rather than individuals.
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Can someone help me with these two sentences
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1857
@money9111....In option E , while is used as adverbial conjunction .
..........while models were also incorporating.......
is an adverbial clause, which bold words can be omitted...
option E suits well.
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: BMW
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
present participle phrase or relative clause
Accentuated by the cold weather during rainy season, moisture and dampness in soil lead to decomposition of organic matter into humus enabling mushrooms to flourish. A. enabling mushrooms to flourish. B. for the mushrooms to flourish. C. for flourishing mushrooms. D. that enable the mushrooms to flo...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:00 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: present participle phrase or relative clause
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3843
Accentuated by the cold weather during rainy season, moisture and dampness in soil lead to decomposition of organic matter into humus enabling mushrooms to flourish. A. enabling mushrooms to flourish. B. for the mushrooms to flourish. C. for flourishing mushrooms. D. that enable the mushrooms to flo...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Religious beliefs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1969
option A....
permits compensating rather than permits giving the compensation to avoid the redundancy....
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: sc problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3758
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: ballet dancers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1690
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: ballet dancers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1690
But here increased pressure means....a pressure that has increased (active past participle). ....That means the active action is completed..But sentence says... The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean increased pressure...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nation's largest bank.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4140
present and past participle
But past participle is used to indicate action prior to that of the main verb . And present participle is used to indicate action occurring at the same time as the action of the main verb. Which one is correct? The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential los...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:31 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: present and past participle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1273
@Vidyasagar...good point.. But past participle is used to indicate action prior to that of the main verb . And present participle is used to indicate action occurring at the same time as the action of the main verb. increased pressure , here increased is past participle... But u have said that,,... ...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nation's largest bank.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4140
option A....Parallel structure....information is the object of the verb, secure ...as international and turnover are the objects of the verb, be and achieve respectively..
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Leading producer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3470
Option B....
its 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom is absolute phrase.
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC: With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees
- Replies: 54
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If this is so...then why " the increasing pressure " is wrong..? increasing is also a verbal , present participle...
- by Rajat Khandelwal
Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nation's largest bank.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4140