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ritika_bsg: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 24; Joined: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:27 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 1 times

by ritika_bsg » Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:31 am

Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on
almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics
A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift
items, including
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items,
including
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items,
including
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items,
including
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items,
that include

OA A

I chose E .. what is wrong with it ?

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by anuprajan5 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:37 am

Ritika,

E changes the meaning - when you state that include then that means the 60,000 items includes only toys and electronics. When it is A, it means that 60,000 gift items include toys and electronics as a part of the whole.

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by ritika_bsg » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:33 am

Didn't know that .. Thnks !

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by ihatemaths » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:33 am

what is the source of the question ?

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by vikram4689 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:15 am

anuprajan5 wrote:Ritika,

E changes the meaning - when you state that include then that means the 60,000 items includes only toys and electronics. When it is A, it means that 60,000 gift items include toys and electronics as a part of the whole.

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Anup

Anup,
what you mentioned for A is correct but for E that is not the meaning. ",that includes" means toys and electronics are part of item not the item itself. Also E is wrong because "that" never comes after comma unless that comma is part of a non-essential modifier.

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by akashkumar1987 » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:43 am

Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on
almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics

Subject - Wal-Mart Stores [ Plural ]
Verb - is planning [ singular ]

Acc to A verb is singular ??

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by vikram4689 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:37 am

Walmart Stores is name of the store see "capital or CAPS" "S". If intended meaning was different stores, then sentence would use "stores" - small "s".

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