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prompted by new evidence (source: SC 1000)

by fx678 » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:20 pm

333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

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by Phirozz » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:39 pm

fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

who is prompted by new evidence ? autorities and not property owners. So after comma it should dstart with 'authorities'

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by pops » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:02 pm

fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

B is wrong because of the use of 'adviced' when it should be 'advised'...
A eliminated because of the use of being

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by rockeyb » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:10 pm

fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
[Misplaced modifier the starting clause needs to modify AUTHORITIES instead modifying owners , eliminate]
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
[Correct , eliminate all the errors ]
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should
[The use of pronoun THEY is ambiguous if its referring to authorities OR owners , eliminate]

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by reply2spg » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:17 am

This is simple one may be in the range of 500-600

Answer is C as explained by rockeyb

fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

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by prinit » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:54 am

fx678 wrote:333. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previous thought, properly owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.

(A) property owners are being adviced by authorities to
(B) property owners are adviced by authorities that they should
(c) authorities are advising property owners to
(D)authorities are advising property owners they
(E) authorities' advice to property owners is they should

OA is c.

why b is wrong? [spoiler]idiom?[/spoiler]

My pick is C. need to answer who is prompter...of-course authorities. So A and B are out. D has unnecessary they..
E is wrong for wrong usage of authorities'

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