As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures. (A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and -- introducing another clause. wrong statement should tell what is termed a hard-hit. (B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet -- yet should be followed by something positive, wrong usage. (D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, -- use of 'however' is wrong , what follows however is still -ve. (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for -- using 'and' .. 'for' is wrong
Although it is conceivable that certain electronic devices implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no clear evidence of their ability to do it.
(A) of their ability to do it -- wrong : 'it' has no proper referent, (B) of their doing that -- wrong : 'that' has no proper referent (C) that they can do so -- correct. to do so is correct usage. do so , this cannot be said by 'it' or 'that' where 'A' and 'B' fail (D) that they might one day be able to do it -- wrong : 'it' has no proper referent, (E) to do so -- wrong , incomplete
Although it is conceivable that certain electronic devices implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no clear evidence of their ability to do it.
(A) of their ability to do it-ability is making the sentence wordy. (B) of their doing that--not clear to what 'their' is referring to. (C) that they can do so-they refer to elec device.parallelism(conceivable that.. evidence that) (D) that they might one day be able to do it--awkward and wordy. (E) to do so--subject is not referred here. please share expln ;)
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having because if preferred to 'on account of' B.On account of their having because is preferred to 'on account of' C.Because the y have correct D.Because of having having is wrong E.Because it has it is wrong
'because' is better than 'on the account of' .. So , C
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having - Awkward B.On account of their having - Plural C.Because they have - Plural D.Because of having - Incorrect meaning E.Because it has - Singular + pronoun for Harley-Davidsons
Although it is conceivable that certain electronic devices implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no clear evidence of their ability to do it.
(A) of their ability to do it (B) of their doing that (C) that they can do so (D) that they might one day be able to do it (E) to do so please share expln ;)
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures. (A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and (B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore (C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet (D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures. (A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and (B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore (C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet (D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for
OA is C.
I'm not able to understand why is B wrong. Please explain.
srijack can u pls explain why 'because' is preferred over 'on account of' though 'on account of' is a correct idiom used here?
also 'they' used here is plural while National Museum is singular?
I have the same answer as srijack.
Hope you dont mind me replying.
If I am not wrong the the they refers to "Harley-Davidsons". As it says "Harley-Davidsons of various vintages" I think a plural pronoun is required. "Because they have", is more concise compared to "On account of their having" Whats the OA?
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having - seems like museum has evolved ... B.On account of their having - looks wordy ... ignore using "ing" forms, C is better C.Because the y have - correct - they refers to bikes - plural - so they is correct - D.Because of having - seems like museum has evolved - wrong E.Because it has - singular "it" - wrong
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having B.On account of their having C.Because they have D.Because of having E.Because it has
I have the same answer as srijack.
Hope you dont mind me replying.
If I am not wrong the the they refers to "Harley-Davidsons". As it says "Harley-Davidsons of various vintages" I think a plural pronoun is required. "Because they have", is more concise compared to "On account of their having" Whats the OA?
Thanks friend9921 for the explanation.
OA is C.
I was thinking the other way which was wrong I believe.
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures. (A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and (B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore (C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet (D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for
TO make it short, I guess its a call between B & C, Now because For X, Yet Y make sense for C but it doesn't go hand in hand with the meaning of sentence...moreover, I guess there is no contrast and the lines after the undeline section are only adding up to the further reasoning.....and contrasting...
Although it is conceivable that certain electronic devices implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no clear evidence of their ability to do it.
(A) of their ability to do it (B) of their doing that (C) that they can do so (D) that they might one day be able to do it (E) to do so please share expln ;)
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having B.On account of their having C.Because the y have D.Because of having E.Because it has
On account of, Based on ...are the words to be used when you need to vouch for something....
e.g.
OMKARA was based on OTHELLO..
Now lets make it tough and apply the rule to solve it...rather than going in the debate of because/On account of..(wherein in general Because is preferred)
Having...is wrong here...it is used for cause- (complted and finished work) and post action after this work...
E.g. having seen the movie, i walked out of the hall Now this is not the case here ...so straight way get rid of the having options... Come to C & E..
Harley-Davidsons This S here indicates that it is plural....
need to have the plural verb and pronoun....They & Have
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures. (A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and (B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore (C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet (D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however, (E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for
IMO C. ....families can no longer qualify to buy homes, yet rising rental rates force them to use far more..... (clearly shows a contrast).
Although it is conceivable that certain electronic devices implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no clear evidence of their ability to do it.
(A) of their ability to do it (B) of their doing that (C) that they can do so (D) that they might one day be able to do it (E) to do so please share expln ;)
The National Museum of American History owns Harley-Davidsons of various vintages on account of having evolved into an American touchstone. A.On account of having B.On account of their having C.Because the y have D.Because of having E.Because it has
Despite protests from some waste-disposal companies, state health officials have ordered the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be published. (A) the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be (B) that seawater at popular beaches should be measured for their levels of bacteria, with the results being. (C) the measure of levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches and the results to be (D) seawater measured at popular beaches for levels of bacteria, with their results (E) that the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches be measured and the results.
By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information. (A) enabling it to withhold from the public (B) for it to withhold from the public (C) for withholding disclosure to the public of (D) that enable them to withhold from public disclosure (E) that they can withhold public disclosure of
The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength-0.1 millimeters-is too long to be registered by the eye. (A) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength-0.1 millimeters-is too long to be registered by the eye (B) however, the wavelength of infrared radiation-0.1 millimeters-is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible (C) infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength-0.1 millimeters-is too long for the eye to register it (D) however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for the eye to register and thus invisible (E) however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible Please post the explaination with the answers.... Cheers
