1000SC Question No 305

[samyak]

305. For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would

I'm not sure why A is a better option that B. Please explain.

[akhpad]

D and E out because of pronoun (it) error.


C is unnecessary long

Between A and B. I believe that latter part to be in past tense.

Answer: A



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[tanviet]

A means

seamed to turn out to cost

B means

seam to turn out to cost

both A and B are wrong

IMO C

[loveusonu]

305. For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would

I'm not sure why A is a better option that B. Please explain.

B is incorrect for 2 reasons
1>'to' is redundant over here. It can be assumed "they originally seem(to).
2>Past tense(seemed) is correct over here rather than present 'seem' as the activity happened in past.

Hope that helps.

[frank1]

A

between A and B
B's 'to' is not required