BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

what is the right answer and why - part 2

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
Followed by:1 members

what is the right answer and why - part 2

by sameer_kalra » Wed May 14, 2014 7:12 am
The reason children play is because they enjoy learning about the world around them.


a) is because they enjoy learning about the world around them

b) is because to learn about the world around them, they must enjoy

c) is that they enjoy learning about the world around them

d) that they enjoy learning about the world around them

e) is because they find joy in learning about the world around them.
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
Followed by:1 members

by sameer_kalra » Wed May 14, 2014 7:20 am
When a man appeared in the village of Artigat in the summer of 1556 and presented himself as Martin Guerre, only a few locals suspected whether he assumed the identity of the man who had disappeared eight years earlier.


a)whether he assumed

b)whether he had assumed

c)he assumed

d)his assuming

e)that he had assumed
Top
User avatar
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 am
Followed by:1 members

by sameer_kalra » Wed May 14, 2014 7:24 am
If birds have no wings, they could not fly.
or
Unless birds have wings, they could not fly.
Top

GMAT/MBA Expert

User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 2095
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:22 pm
Thanked: 1443 times
Followed by:247 members

by ceilidh.erickson » Wed May 14, 2014 2:12 pm
Please only post one question per thread; otherwise it becomes confusing.
sameer_kalra wrote:The reason children play is because they enjoy learning about the world around them.


a) is because they enjoy learning about the world around them

b) is because to learn about the world around them, they must enjoy

c) is that they enjoy learning about the world around them

d) that they enjoy learning about the world around them

e) is because they find joy in learning about the world around them.
"The reason... is because" is idiomatically incorrect (and also redundant). The correct usage is "the reason... is that." Thus, the only idiomatically correct answer is C.
Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Top

GMAT/MBA Expert

User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 2095
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:22 pm
Thanked: 1443 times
Followed by:247 members

by ceilidh.erickson » Wed May 14, 2014 2:14 pm
sameer_kalra wrote:When a man appeared in the village of Artigat in the summer of 1556 and presented himself as Martin Guerre, only a few locals suspected whether he assumed the identity of the man who had disappeared eight years earlier.


a)whether he assumed

b)whether he had assumed

c)he assumed

d)his assuming

e)that he had assumed
"suspected whether" is also idiomatically incorrect / redundant. If there is suspicion, we already know that there is uncertainty between two possibilities. The correct construction is "they suspected THAT he had done something," so the correct answer is E.
Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1