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by gmat800_ » Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:48 pm
City dwellers and mental-health experts usually agree that it is the urban environment itself that is the chief breeding ground of emotional ill health; indeed, the viewpoint is that deeply ingrained that is axiomatica) that deeply ingrained that is axiomatic
b) deeply enough ingrained that it is an axiom
c) so deeply ingrained as to be axiomatic
d) an axiom it is so deeply ingrained
e) as deeply ingrained as if it were an axiom

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by mruzeful » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:17 pm
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I choose E

by here2win » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:03 pm
City dwellers and mental-health experts usually agree that it is the urban environment itself that is the chief breeding ground of emotional ill health; indeed, the viewpoint is that deeply ingrained that is axiomatic
a) that deeply ingrained that is axiomatic
b) deeply enough ingrained that it is an axiom
c) so deeply ingrained as to be axiomatic
d) an axiom it is so deeply ingrained
e) as deeply ingrained as if it were an axiom

a - incorrect.
b - sentence not in balance (structure) - incorrect.
c - so deeply ingrained as to be axiomatic - unsure if this is a corrct usage of an idiom?
d - viewpoint is not an axion - logical error.
e - This looks grammatically correct - I will go for this answer.
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by ranell » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:27 pm
a) that deeply ingrained that is axiomatic - incorrect grammatically
b) deeply enough ingrained that it is an axiom - it is not an axiom, logical error
c) so deeply ingrained as to be axiomatic - so ... as is grammatically incorrect here
d) an axiom it is so deeply ingrained - viewpoint is not an axiom, incorrect
e) as deeply ingrained as if it were an axiom - correct grammatically and logically
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by tom4lax » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:54 pm
While E does have the correct idiomatic structure, I have to go with C on this one.

OA?
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by arorag » Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:36 pm
will with C
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by real2008 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:40 pm
C should be the answer
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by gmat800_ » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:39 am
oa C
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by YARAB800 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:06 pm
Why C?
Can anyone explain why E is incorrect?
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Why can't it be E

by thunderdan » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:25 am
I feel E is correct, why is C perceived as the right answer??
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by kaulnikhil » Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:15 am
YARAB800 wrote:Why C?
Can anyone explain why E is incorrect?
e) as deeply ingrained as if it were an axiom
E is wrong because it changes the meaning . the original sentence uses that deeply ingrained that is axiomatic ..which means the author is sure about it ..where as E specifies it were ..hence changes the meaning ..
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