IMo D.
This is a parallelism question. So those of another is the correct parallel structure.
Media is plural. Medium is singular.
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagans first acts as President was to rescind President Carters directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
another
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
a). imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend
b). imposing stricter limits on medical services , requiring doctors to see more patients, and spending
c). that impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend
d). that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients, and spending
e). that impose stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients and spending
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagans first acts as President was to rescind President Carters directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
another
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
a). imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend
b). imposing stricter limits on medical services , requiring doctors to see more patients, and spending
c). that impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend
d). that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients, and spending
e). that impose stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients and spending
multiple things in same question.. huh!!
idiom is prohibit x form y.. and I think "prohibit from" is wrong.. option A, B and option E are ruled out..
option D.. that's hilarious option.. 
so I think by POE.. I would have marked option C
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagans first acts as President was to rescind President Carters directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans less time with each.
you have to realize which verbs are supposed to be parallel and which aren't. there's no grammatical formula for this; you have to examine the meaning of the sentence to figure it out.
- 'impose' should be parallel to 'require'. these are two different things, both of which are aspects of the plan (logical parallelism).
- 'spend' should NOT be parallel to 'see', because it functions as a modifier of 'see'
only option D follows the correct concept/funda highlighted above.. holds true for me.. I would have marked option D
another
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
a). imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend
b). imposing stricter limits on medical services , requiring doctors to see more patients, and spending
c). that impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend
d). that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients, and spending
e). that impose stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients and spending
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagans first acts as President was to rescind President Carters directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
another
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
a). imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend
b). imposing stricter limits on medical services , requiring doctors to see more patients, and spending
c). that impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend
d). that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients, and spending
e). that impose stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients and spending
This question is about adjectives and adverbs, and its a little bit of a trick however strange it may sound, this sentence is perfectly correct.
Joe, who hasnt showered, smells bad. We are modifying a noun (Joe), so we want an adjective.
John, who is stuffed up, smells badly. We are modifying a verb (smells), so we want an adverb.
Both uses are correct, although they have very different meanings!
No Corrections ;)
One more... Identify the error(s):
Joe, who hasnt showered in days, smells badhowever, John, who is suffering from nasal congestion, smells so badly that Joes odor doesnt bother him at all.
1. "Showered in" is wrong it should be "showered for ",
2. badly is wrong adverb here
3. pronoun reference error for him in the last statement.
I thik this should be the correct form of the sentence.
Joe, who hasn't showered for days smells so bad, however Joe's odor doesn't bother john at all, as john is suffering from nasal congestion.
"smells so badly" is incorrect..
the part after however, can be written in multiple ways...
.............however, John, who is suffering from nasal congestion, isn't bothered by him at all.
missiong SaysThat was a bit trickey one. Can you please also reply about the first sentence the JOE one...
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NoRuLeS SaysHi Guys can anyone throw light on this??
Great going guys all of you got it right
OAs are
C
D
IMO: C
Its a tussle between A & C.
A - directive that...be prohibited. Though nothing seems to be wrong, the passive tone makes the sentence long for no reason.
C - directive prohibiting the sale - active voice is in better agreement, and is more concise, without compromise on meaning.
Nice one. OA please.
IMO: D
Requires 'that' so A, B are off the plate.
C is most tempting, as impose, require and spend are all parallel. But on close observation, impose and require deal with the 'plan' while 'spend' is dealt with the doctors. So 'spend' should be spending.
E - fixes the 'spend' but violates parallelism for the two actions 'impose' and 'require'.
D seems most appropriate.
Again, do share the OA. These are tricky !
multiple things in same question.. huh!!
idiom is prohibit x form y.. and I think "prohibit from" is wrong.. option A, B and option E are ruled out..
option D.. that's hilarious option..
so I think by POE.. I would have marked option C
Among lower- paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower- end insurance plans less time with each.
you have to realize which verbs are supposed to be parallel and which aren't. there's no grammatical formula for this; you have to examine the meaning of the sentence to figure it out.
- 'impose' should be parallel to 'require'. these are two different things, both of which are aspects of the plan (logical parallelism).
- 'spend' should NOT be parallel to 'see', because it functions as a modifier of 'see'
only option D follows the correct concept/funda highlighted above.. holds true for me.. I would have marked option D
My answer is option-C.
Rest other options sentence is not idiomatic "prohibit x from y", and parallelism is also violated.
My vote is for option-d.
impose is to require.
This question is about adjectives and adverbs, and its a little bit of a trick however strange it may sound, this sentence is perfectly correct.
Joe, who hasnt showered, smells bad. We are modifying a noun (Joe), so we want an adjective.
John, who is stuffed up, smells badly. We are modifying a verb (smells), so we want an adverb.
Both uses are correct, although they have very different meanings!
No Corrections ;)
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagan's first acts as President was to rescind President Carter's directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
multiple things in same question.. huh!!
idiom is prohibit x form y.. and I think "prohibit from" is wrong.. option A, B and option E are ruled out..
option D.. that's hilarious option..
so I think by POE.. I would have marked option C
My answer is option-C.
Rest other options sentence is not idiomatic "prohibit x from y", and parallelism is also violated.
My vote is for option-d.
impose is to require.
@ nuttyvarun
How can you say that in the second sentence "We are modifying a verb (smells)" ?
This question is about adjectives and adverbs, and its a little bit of a trick however strange it may sound, this sentence is perfectly correct.
Joe, who hasnt showered, smells bad. We are modifying a noun (Joe), so we want an adjective.
John, who is stuffed up, smells badly. We are modifying a verb (smells), so we want an adverb.
Both uses are correct, although they have very different meanings!
No Corrections ;)
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been
yup even i looked it up and prohibit X from Y is not wrong. Moreover i dont remember where i read it but there is an Official question with that usage in the non-underlined part so it should be correct..
Also in A the subjunctive form (rescind) is used and the verb be in base form makes complete sense.. I had a major doubt between A and C.
Puys, sorry to jump in a lil late and i may be completely wrong :-P..
but but but I think "Prohibit X from Y" is NOT WRONG i checked a couple online dictionaries and found the same....
prohibit - definition of prohibit by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
prohibit: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
Vikram's explanation makes sense, however, i don think there's anything wrong with option A!!
Comments,bricks,stones??
Also, I have another Ques- > In option C, the phrase "to other countries" in bet 'sale' & 'of' doesn't seem so appropriate to me... Can someone explain...
Thanks!
Nice question.
Correct me if i am wrong.
C,D - ruled out 'directive' doesnt go well with 'prohibiting'
E- 'was to rescind' - does not go well with 'is prohibited from'
B - very vague.
A is my take !
So IMHO, the original sentence is correct.
Pls comment.
Tricky one.. lets debate..
One of Ronald Reagans first acts as President was to rescind President Carters directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
Could you please explain your answers?
Q1:
Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
Q2:
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nation's recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to
Q3:
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
(A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise
(B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise
(C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in
(D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise
(E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in
Is it C?
A- 'and been quite' seems wrong
B- too long and makes simple sentence complex
C- seems correct
D- 'guess' is wrong
E- 'guess' is wrong
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been