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- by prosaicblabber
Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: No one but him could have told them that the king was I.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6953
good question . I was sure about "I" by using flipping . "the king was me" -> me was the king (wrong) "the king was i" - > i was the king (correct) Although was not aware of usage of objective pronoun with NO ONE BUT ... TAKEAWAY for me : NO ONE BUT .... takes objective...
- by prosaicblabber
Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: No one but him could have told them that the king was I.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6953
Technocomp
Ann will either take a leave of absence from Technocomp and return in a year or else she will quit her job there; but she would not do either one unless she were offered a one-year teaching fellowship at a prestigious university. Technocomp will allow her to take a leave of absence if it does not fi...
- by prosaicblabber
Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Technocomp
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1542
inadmissible
In a certain municipality, a judge overturned a suspect’s conviction for possession of an illegal weapon. The suspect had fled upon seeing police and subsequently discarded the illegal weapon after the police gave chase. The judge reasoned as follows: the only cause for the police giving chase was...
- by prosaicblabber
Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:46 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: inadmissible
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1437
Editorialist
Editorialist: Society is obliged to bestow the privileges of adulthood upon its members once they are mature enough to accept the corresponding responsibilities. But science has established that physiological development is completed in most persons by age seventeen. Since this maturing process has ...
- by prosaicblabber
Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Editorialist
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1262
1000 SC series
Hi All ,
I was just wondering if any one of you has explanations for 1000 sc questions compiled in a single DOC ?
Will be quite helpful to all the BTGians ?
Cheers
- by prosaicblabber
Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 SC series
- Replies: 1
- Views: 867
Hi Guys , I'm always confused when it comes to modifier questions involving "which" "that". Consider the following examples : 1) Rings made from pearls which are ....... 2) Rings made from pearls,which are ... 3) Rings made from pearls that ... 4) Rings made from pearls ,that ......
- by prosaicblabber
Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: That & Which
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1222
rewrite this sentence as
It was not unusual for a priest during the Middle-Ages to sire a family,forbidden by Church law to marry.
now Forbidden by Church law to marry doesn't clearly refers to priest . so seems erroneous to me. my 2 cents.
- by prosaicblabber
Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Church law
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1355
Though choice D and E both seems parallel. the placement of all in E makes it the wrong choice. I have a doubt if E were Michelangelo’s art, Edison’s inventions, and Shakespeare's plays all represent great achievements in human history. which would have been correct D or E / or you con...
- by prosaicblabber
Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:40 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: mgmat sc-invention
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2912
840/1000 files
The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. (A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the pr...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 840/1000 files
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1595
849/1000 files
The Western world’s love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more. (A) few people have been known to have tasted it (B) few having been known to taste it (C) it has been tasted by few people (D) few people hav...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 849/1000 files
- Replies: 3
- Views: 890
855/1000 files
There is growing demand in the state for “initiative and referendum,� a procedure that allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them. (A) allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them (B) allows voters to propose, pass, and to repeal laws (C) allows voters...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 855/1000 files
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1056
867/1000 files
To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is to compare the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with that of ordinary grape juice. (A) To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian effo...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 867/1000 files
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1455
870/1000 files
To maintain a high demand for their product, the manufacturers first took over the marketing and sales functions previously performed by outside agents; next, they began changing their advertising campaigns monthly to keep pace with the rapid changes in consumers’ lives. (A) they began changing (B...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 870/1000 files
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1082
871/1000 files
To read of Abigail Adams’ lengthy separation from her family, her difficult travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times. (A) To read of (B) Reading about (C) Having read about (D) Once one reads of...
- by prosaicblabber
Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 871/1000 files
- Replies: 1
- Views: 872