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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:07 am
when automatic teller machines were first installed in 1980s,bank officials promised they would be faster,more reliable,and less prone to make errors than their human counterparts.

a.they would be faster,more reliable , and less prone to make errors.
b.they would be faster,more reliable and that they would be less prone for making errors.
c.the machines would be faster,more reliable, and less prone to make errors.
d.the machines were faster,more reliable,and errors would occur much less
e.faster,more reliable, and that errors would be less prone

plz explain whats wrong with option A
Last edited by pradeepkaushal9518 on Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by real2008 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:14 am
Because 'they' can refer to ATMs or Bank officials and makes the sentence a bit confusing..
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by hardik.jadeja » Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:05 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:when automatic teller machines were first installed in 1980s,bank officials promised they would be faster,more reliable,and less prone to make errors than their human counterparts.

a.they would be faster,more reliable , and less prone to make errors.
b.they would be faster,more reliable and that they would be less prone for making errors.
c.the machines would be faster,more reliable, and less prone to make errors.
d.the machines would be faster,more reliable, and less prone to make errors
e.faster,more reliable, and that errors would be less prone

plz explain whats wrong with option A
There is no difference between C and D. Have you written the options correctly?
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:15 am
mistake corrected plz answer
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by kvcpk » Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:40 am
IMO C

In A, "they" doesnt refer correctly to "bank officials" or"ATMs"
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by hardik.jadeja » Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:51 am
IMO C.

In options A and B, "they" wrongly refers to "bank officials".

In option D, "faster, more reliable, and errors would occur much less" isn't parallel.

Same is the case with option E. "faster, more reliable, and that errors would be less prone" isn't parallel.
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by brijesh » Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:00 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:when automatic teller machines were first installed in 1980s,bank officials promised they would be faster,more reliable,and less prone to make errors than their human counterparts.

a.they would be faster,more reliable , and less prone to make errors. (subject missing...m/c`s are faster or bank officials)
b.they would be faster,more reliable and that they would be less prone for making errors. (repetation of subject)
c.the machines would be faster,more reliable, and less prone to make errors. (right ans)
d.the machines were faster,more reliable,and errors would occur much less
e.faster,more reliable, and that errors would be less prone (incomplete sentence)

plz explain whats wrong with option A
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:04 am
thanks buddies
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