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Re: help needed
Hello, which of the following sentence makes more sense? 1. When my family first immigrated to the US, I was faced with the challenge of tackling a new foreign language as a young child. OR 2. When my family first immigrated to the US, I was faced with the challenge of tackling a new foreign langua...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: help needed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1133
Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land. (A) water as a this says that the laws of physics are same as a person standing...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Galileo
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6816
Re: minority
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s. (A) twice as fast as (B) twice as fast as it was in (C) twice what it was in (D) two times faster than that of (E) two times greater than OA C Please explain each option Ok, I'...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: minority
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2179
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s. (A) twice as fast as the rate of increase in the 1980's was nearly twice as fast as the 1970's (B) twice as fast as it was in the rate of increase in the 1980's was nearly twice...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: minority
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2179
Re: metal
In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface instead of a series of regularly spaced points with no bonding in between. (A) instead of (B) as opposed to (C) in contrast with (D) rather than...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: metal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4285
In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface instead of a series of regularly spaced points with no bonding in between. (A) instead of (B) as opposed to (C) in contrast with (D) rather than ...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: metal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4285
In astronomy the term “red shift” denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth. (A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted (B) to which light from ...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: red shift
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1013
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: gravity waves
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5540
Wow, this was a tricky one!!
Wine is a derivative of grapes. So you cultivate the grapes in order to make wine. You can't "cultivate" the wine itself.
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Madagascar periwinkle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3884
Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like. (A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to...
- by thetrystero
Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Roy Wilkins
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4742
7. A revolution has taken place in medical science as a result of the introduction of new methods of surgically implanting artificial and human organs. (A) the introduction of new methods of surgically implanting artificial and human organs (B) the introduction of new surgical implantation methods o...
- by thetrystero
Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A revolution
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2177
- by thetrystero
Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Madagascar periwinkle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3884
- by thetrystero
Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:42 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Antarctica
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2184
33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care. (A) A substance derived from the Mada...
- by thetrystero
Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Madagascar periwinkle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3884
IMO B without any doubt... case of parallelism... temperatures [color= red]are so [/color]high, and the ice case [colo r=red]is so[/color] ... as noted by @kc_raj, "were it to do so" is contradictory. it says the ice cap melting a little will cause cities to be engulfed. but the I believe...
- by thetrystero
Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Antarctica
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2184