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by gaurav147320 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:53 am
A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that


1. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
2. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:56 am
the very first one is D

D is correct because in the other choices you can't have "written" modify Twain when it should modify letter, so D corrects this error. E is wrong because its awkward
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:00 am
2. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

With this one I believe the correct answer is D. I don't believe you can split a part tenses like that. I think you need to say will be and could be. I don't think that the will and be can be split apart.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:05 am
1. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt


With this one, I'm unsure about the actual meaning, but wouldn't the answer have to be A? Its the least awkward one of the choices.
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by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:36 am
gaurav147320 wrote:A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
Verb should be was.
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
awkward.
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
putting back to the original "that reveals that" is certainly wrong.
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
Same as D.
IMO C. Plz find explanations inline.
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by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:45 am
1. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
Contrast is not reflected by the use of and
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
Not parallel
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
Same as A. Also avoid comma+and constructs.
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
best choice
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
Awkward
IMO D.
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by Giorgio » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:41 am
gaurav147320 wrote:A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that - Modifier
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that - Modifier


1. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.

(A) beating in unison and adopting Feature Is singular , we can not chooose C , because it lists certain "features" of the embryonic system. So A is correct Here
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
2. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could . For the sake of parallelism we have to choose THINK to be parallel to VIEW
(E) think the power stations would or could
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by pkw209 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:24 pm
What are the official answers?
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