As a result of a supernova explosion, every human being on Earth was bombarded on February 23, 1987, by about 100 billion neutrinos; fortunately, neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that interact very weakly with matter.
(A) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that
OA A. Plz post ur explanations
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crazy4gmat
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Just my opinion….
Options D and E.
these refer to neutrinos. In both options, the construction is wrong with the repetition of neutrinos:
D) these particles are produced in y, and neutrinos interact… (wrong)
these particles are produced in y and interact… (right)
E) these particles are neutrinos that… (wrong, this makes it seem that neutrinos belong to a special neutrinos class, ones that interact weakly, making this nonsensical).
Option B.
the sentence begins with fortunately,… This sentence is trying to convey that what might have seem to be a big impact on human beings is not really a problem because neutrinos are harmless. By making harmless appear within a non-essential phrase the 2nd sentence doesn’t support "fortunately…"
Option C.
Unclear on what which refers to ->Nuclear reactions/neutrinos.
Option A.
the 'fortunate' element is properly conveyed and followed by 2 essential modifiers. both these modifiers are conjugated with 'and' , and are parallel to each other (that are produced..//that interact..)
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Options D and E.
these refer to neutrinos. In both options, the construction is wrong with the repetition of neutrinos:
D) these particles are produced in y, and neutrinos interact… (wrong)
these particles are produced in y and interact… (right)
E) these particles are neutrinos that… (wrong, this makes it seem that neutrinos belong to a special neutrinos class, ones that interact weakly, making this nonsensical).
Option B.
the sentence begins with fortunately,… This sentence is trying to convey that what might have seem to be a big impact on human beings is not really a problem because neutrinos are harmless. By making harmless appear within a non-essential phrase the 2nd sentence doesn’t support "fortunately…"
Option C.
Unclear on what which refers to ->Nuclear reactions/neutrinos.
Option A.
the 'fortunate' element is properly conveyed and followed by 2 essential modifiers. both these modifiers are conjugated with 'and' , and are parallel to each other (that are produced..//that interact..)
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(A) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that -----Parallel
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which -----not parallel. First which is modifier for neutrinos and second which should introduce a independent clause.
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which --------not parallel
In D and E. "these" is incorrectly used
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which -----not parallel. First which is modifier for neutrinos and second which should introduce a independent clause.
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which --------not parallel
In D and E. "these" is incorrectly used
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that
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crazy4gmat wrote:As a result of a supernova explosion, every human being on Earth was bombarded on February 23, 1987, by about 100 billion neutrinos; fortunately, neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that interact very weakly with matter.
(A) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that
The part of after ';' must be a complete sentence. Best way to start a sentence is to keep the subject in the starting. Hence, keeping neutrinos in the starting is the best option. Also, 'that are produced...' is parallel to 'that interact...'
(B) neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
'Neutrinos are harmless' is an essential information, providing the why humans were not impacted. 'which are harmless' mean the information is not essential. Second 'which' is ambigous: neutrinos or nuclear reations. The statement is awkward too. I was expecting comma before 'and' becuase 'and which ...' is an independent clause.
(C) neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which
'which' is ambiguous. The statement is awkward too. I was expecting comma before 'and' becuase 'and which ...' is an independent clause.
(D) these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos
No clear referent to 'these'. Subject is mentioned in the second part. Awkward.
(E) these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that
No clear referent to 'these'. information that neutrinos are harmless is made non-essential, incorrect.
OA A. Plz post ur explanations
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By Process of elimination, we can straight away eliminate D and E.
C ---> Not clear as to what 'which' refers to and it is also very awkward there
Now between B & A
Rule for using 'which' in a sentence is that the sentence should make sense even if you remove 'which' ('that' is exactly opposite to that)
Essentially, B is also C and so can be eliminated.
So A is the right answer
C ---> Not clear as to what 'which' refers to and it is also very awkward there
Now between B & A
Rule for using 'which' in a sentence is that the sentence should make sense even if you remove 'which' ('that' is exactly opposite to that)
Essentially, B is also C and so can be eliminated.
So A is the right answer
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Why would we pick A over B
whats wrong in B ? is it changing the meaning of the sentence by an extra which ?
what if in B , just like A , there would be which ... and which ...
then which one should we pick ???
whats wrong in B ? is it changing the meaning of the sentence by an extra which ?
what if in B , just like A , there would be which ... and which ...
then which one should we pick ???
