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Re: The Justice Department will likely weigh the substance not only of the judge’s upcoming ruling, but also of the

The sentence intends to explain that the justice department will weigh not only the substance of the judge's upcoming ruling but also the precedent the ruling would set if it countermands a direct order from the executive branch. Option A - incorrect This option sounds like they are weighing the rul...


Re: The team of research scientists will not know whether the procedure for reversing damage to individual genes was suc

The sentence states that the team of research scientists will not know whether the procedure for reversing damage to individual genes was successful IF the scientists do not get access to the advanced optical technology at the university. Option A - correct It uses the correct words to express the i...


Re: The United States Navy announced that, beginning next year, they plan to close several of their bases in order to re

Option A - incorrect The wrong use of pronouns. This option uses the plural pronouns 'their' and 'they' to replace the singular subject 'the United States Navy.' Whereas the subject is a singular subject and it requires a singular pronoun 'it.' Option B - incorrect This is incorrect as it uses the ...


Re: Like the veneration accorded the Roosevelts and the Kennedys, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are frequently

This sentence intended to compare the Roosevelts and Kennedys to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson who is frequently giving the type of idolization that stand between fact and fiction legend. Option A - incorrect This option compares the veneration accorded to the Roosevelts... to George Washin...


Re: Of the numerous decisions facing the Supreme Court this term, the question of an individual’s right to die is for

Option A - incorrect In the sentence, the comparison is between more than two decisions, so the correct adjective explains that out of numerous decisions, the most certain decision is the one of people's right to die which is most perplexing. Option B - incorrect Using 'more' to compare numerous de...


Re: There has been a significant occurrence of oak blight increase caused by growing fungus resistance against herbicide

Option A - incorrect The phrase 'a significant occurrence of ask blight increase' in this option implies that there's one event or an 'occurrence' of oak blight increase, which makes it seem as if it spiked for a single moment. This doesn't explain the intended meaning which is the fact than an inc...


Re: Although malaria was once universally believed to have been introduced to Native American populations by 16th-centur

This sentence is correct as it is written because it makes use of the correct verb tense have been.' It also contains the idiom 'believe to' in order to explain that scientist believes that malaria was once believed to have been introduced by 16th-century European explorers. Option A - correct This ...


Re: The increased use of computers and technology across all fields of business and science requires that every college

Option A - correct There is a subject-verb agreement and an agreement with the subjunctive verb 'be.' Option B - incorrect This option doesn't follow the use of subjective verb because it uses the verb 'is.' Option C - incorrect Here, we have the redundant structure 'require that you SHOULD do some...


Re: Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who had briefly serving as acting President in 1995, in winning the most votes in the firs

The sentence explains that Mohammed Taxi had served as an acting president in 1995, after which he won the election now with the most votes to eventually become president. Option A - incorrect In this option, the main clause doesn't have a verb serving as its modifier. So it doesn't make it cool. Op...


Re: Distributed in manila pamphlets, the authors of Habit of Irving were Zechariah, and Henrico, who would later become

In this sentence, there are different clauses and commas, these commas serve as the points at which each clause ends. The sentence's intended meaning is that the Habit of Irving which was authored by Hendrick and Zechariah were distributed in Manila pamphlets. And Hendrick, one of the authors spearh...


Re: In a card game named Allemande, each of four players has a hand of 8 cards from a standard deck of 52. Through a ser

Target question: Does Charles have the highest value final hand? Statement 1: Charles's hand is worth 117 points. There are four players in the game and the point values for other players were not provided. Hence, no comparison can be made. So, therefore, the target question cannot be answered. Thu...


Re: An auto dealer sells each car at either $20,000 or $30,000. Some cars are marked up at 20% of the cost price and the

Each car is sold at either $20000 or $30000. Total cars sold = 50 Target question => what is the total profit of the dealer? Profit = selling price - cost price Total profit = profit made from the sale of cars sold $20000 + profit made from the sale of cars sold $30000 Statement 1: 20 cars were sold...


Re: Although they are more temperamental and far more expensive than transistor-driven amplifiers, many audiophiles and

This question is based on the comparison in the sentence which is between the transistor-driven amplifiers and vacuum-tube-driven amplifiers. So in the sentence, the pronoun 'they' in the non-underlined part of the sentence acts as a clue to finding out what is being compared. So the antecedent of t...


Re: The local consulting company has a budget about the same as the largest consulting firms in the state, including the

In this sentence, the author compares companies to companies, budget to budget. Option A - incorrect This compares a budget to a set of companies which is not what is intended as the meaning. Option B - incorrect Here, there are two verbs 'have' and 'do.' The former modifies correctly while the latt...


Re: Why the various Generals of the Army of the Potomac before Grant were so singularly unsuccessful against Lee, it is

This sentence explains that the reason why the generals of the army of the Potomac were singularly unsuccessful against Lee is discussed in a number of journal. "Why the various Generals of the Army of the Potomac were singularly unsuccessful against Lee" is called a substantive clause. I....