Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
In option A ..... for the thousands.............................of South America is a phrase separating Relief(Subject) from the verb(came)... the correct one In option B..... relief is wrongly modified In option C it shud idealy be relief came for......... and not relief came from...... In option D....... the sentence has been damaged..... it indicates relief came for.....victims.. from a rater unexpected source........ In option E: I hope u all have neglected that option....
Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (A) Relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (B) For the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America, relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (C) Relief came from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America. (D) Relief came for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America from a rather unexpected source the Silicon Valley Millionaires Club. (E) The Silicon Valley Millionaires Club was a rather unexpected source from which relief for the thousands of traumatized victims of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the eastern coast of South America came.
Hmmm... I can not believe that the correct answer is option A. What I see the problem with A is the use of word for after Relief. I think this is not a correct idiom. Correct one is 'relief to'. In that regards all other options look incoorect expcept B. So, I think option B should be the correct one.
Try these, 1. It has been said that all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to lie with it in a slightly elevated position (A) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to (B) all one can do for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone to heal itself, to ice it, and (C) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, and then ice it and (D) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and (E) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and 2. It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe. (A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to (B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and (E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and 3. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations. (A) like that of earlier generations (B) as that for earlier generations (C) just as earlier generations did (D) as have earlier generations (E) as it was of earlier generations 4. Corporate finance committees do not plan the detailed activities of the various divisions in a large firm, but by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand. a) by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand b) when they allocate investment funds, they make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding c) they make strategic judgements on where the firm should expand when they allocate investment funds d) by allocating investment funds, they will make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding e) allocations of investments fund as to where the firm should expand are their exercise in strategic judgement 5. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow, as seen in the rings visible in the cross sections of their trunks. A. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow B. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are, it is believed, the rate of tree growth C. On Earth, the rate at which trees grow is believed to be among the surest indications of sunspot cycles D. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles, believed to be the tree growth rate E. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles is believed to be the rate at which trees grow 6. Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. (a).. (b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving (c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolving (d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolving (e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
Try these, 1. It has been said that all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to lie with it in a slightly elevated position (A) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to (B) all one can do for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone to heal itself, to ice it, and (C) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, and then ice it and (D) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and (E) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and 2. It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe. (A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to (B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and (E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and 3. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations. (A) like that of earlier generations (B) as that for earlier generations (C) just as earlier generations did (D) as have earlier generations (E) as it was of earlier generations 4. Corporate finance committees do not plan the detailed activities of the various divisions in a large firm, but by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand. a) by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand b) when they allocate investment funds, they make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding c) they make strategic judgements on where the firm should expand when they allocate investment funds d) by allocating investment funds, they will make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding e) allocations of investments fund as to where the firm should expand are their exercise in strategic judgement 5. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow, as seen in the rings visible in the cross sections of their trunks. A. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow B. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are, it is believed, the rate of tree growth C. On Earth, the rate at which trees grow is believed to be among the surest indications of sunspot cycles D. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles, believed to be the tree growth rate E. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles is believed to be the rate at which trees grow 6. Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. (a).. (b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving (c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolving (d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolving (e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
my take.. 1. C 2. C 3. E (edited) 4. C 5. E (edited) 6. E (edited on reading the great EducationAisle's post)
Try these, 1. It has been said that all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to lie with it in a slightly elevated position (A) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and to (B) all one can do for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone to heal itself, to ice it, and (C) all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, and then ice it and (D) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is leave it alone while it heals itself, ice it, and (E) the only thing that can be done for a sprained ankle is to leave it alone while it heals itself, to ice it, and 2. It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe. (A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to (B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and (C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and (D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and (E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and 3. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations. (A) like that of earlier generations (B) as that for earlier generations (C) just as earlier generations did (D) as have earlier generations (E) as it was of earlier generations 4. Corporate finance committees do not plan the detailed activities of the various divisions in a large firm, but by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand. a) by their allocation of investment funds they make strategic judgements as to where the firm should expand b) when they allocate investment funds, they make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding c) they make strategic judgements on where the firm should expand when they allocate investment funds d) by allocating investment funds, they will make strategic judgements about where the firm might be expanding e) allocations of investments fund as to where the firm should expand are their exercise in strategic judgement 5. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow, as seen in the rings visible in the cross sections of their trunks. A. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow B. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are, it is believed, the rate of tree growth C. On Earth, the rate at which trees grow is believed to be among the surest indications of sunspot cycles D. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles, believed to be the tree growth rate E. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles is believed to be the rate at which trees grow 6. Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. (a).. (b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving (c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolving (d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolving (e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
What are the answers ? Can the OP post them please.
my take.. 1. C 2. C 3. E (edited) 4. C 5. E (edited) 6. E (edited on reading the great EducationAisle's post)
I understand that is descended seems awkward at best. But the best way to solve this question is by being aware that Parallel clauses should start with the same word. The two parallel clauses here are:
1. the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal 2. its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel
Notice that the first clause starts with a that (that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal). Hence, the second clause should also start with a that (that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel).
Using this criteria alone, you can dis-regard A, C and D.
my take
1. D 2. C 3. E 4. A 5. C 6. C
1 and 2 are really confusing and I am not sure if my answers would be correct.
Edit: It appears to me that my choice for 6 is wrong. I am split between D and E. Dont know if "is descended" is correct or not. If it is, E should be the answer.
What are the answers ? Can the OP post them please.[/QUOTEC
i need help for this: use of rather than is confusing me.
Agencies studying discrimination in housing have experimentally proved that minority clients are often discouraged as prospective buyers of residential real estate and the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices. A. the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices B. in recent decades, the antidiscrimination legislation only mitigated, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices C. that antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades has only mitigated, rather than abolished, inequity in housing practices D. that, in recent decades, antidiscrimination legislation has only mitigated, rather than abolishing, housing practices inequity E. that recent decades antidiscrimination legislation only were mitigating, rather than abolishing, housing practices inequity
answer is C. I am confused about "rather than abolished". My concept is rather than compares two nouns and not verb.
i need help for this: use of rather than is confusing me.
Agencies studying discrimination in housing have experimentally proved that minority clients are often discouraged as prospective buyers of residential real estate and the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices. A. the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices B. in recent decades, the antidiscrimination legislation only mitigated, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices C. that antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades has only mitigated, rather than abolished, inequity in housing practices D. that, in recent decades, antidiscrimination legislation has only mitigated, rather than abolishing, housing practices inequity E. that recent decades antidiscrimination legislation only were mitigating, rather than abolishing, housing practices inequity
answer is C. I am confused about "rather than abolished". My concept is rather than compares two nouns and not verb.
What I have heard of is "rather than" is freuqently used for VERB comparisons 😃 For example : 1. I prefer TEA to COFFEE (only nouns involved) 2. I prefer having tea rather than having Coffee (Verbs comparison).
Doing this "Rather than" doing that - is what is a generalised statement. (involving parallelism)
So, going by the options : B & D - Lack in parallelism - OUT. E - "recent decades' antilegislation" & "only were" looks odd.
A & C left.
Since ANTI-DISCRIMINATION legislation (SINGULAR) of recent decades is being talked about. use of "WERE" looks bad. "A" out :)
Could you let us know where you came across this concept that rather than compares two "nouns" and not "verbs". Perhaps there is some gap in either the literal meaning or interpretation. By the way, mitigated and abolished, as used in C are past participles and not verbs.
In any case, if you dont believe C is the answer, which answer are you inclined to? Perhaps we can then help further.
i need help for this: use of rather than is confusing me.
Agencies studying discrimination in housing have experimentally proved that minority clients are often discouraged as prospective buyers of residential real estate and the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices. A. the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices B. in recent decades, the antidiscrimination legislation only mitigated, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices C. that antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades has only mitigated, rather than abolished, inequity in housing practices D. that, in recent decades, antidiscrimination legislation has only mitigated, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity E. that recent decades' antidiscrimination legislation only were mitigating, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity
answer is C. I am confused about "rather than abolished". My concept is rather than compares two nouns and not verb.
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The sentence has parallelism: Agencies studying discrimination in housing have experimentally provedthat ..... and that.....
So "that" has to be there in the answer. A and B thus get eliminated and we remain with C, D and E to choose from.
Now,
If you carefully look at E you will find akwardness here..
E. that recent decades' antidiscrimination legislation only were mitigating, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity
which alters the meaning of the original sentence. So, E gets eliminated here.
D. that, in recent decades, antidiscrimination legislation has only mitigated, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity
In D you can see the mitigated and abolishing do not match in tense. also some akwardness in housing practices' inequity. In the end we are only left with C which should be the answer.
xxxThe U.S. Forest Service, then five years old, decided to put out every fire in its domain, and within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. A. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. B. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. C. within three decades the agency had formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. D. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past. E. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past.
xxxThe U.S. Forest Service, then five years old, decided to put out every fire in its domain, and within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. A. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. B. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. C. within three decades the agency had formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. D. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past. E. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past.
xxxThe U.S. Forest Service, then five years old, decided to put out every fire in its domain, and within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past.
A. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past.
B. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. C. within three decades the agency had formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. D. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past. E. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past.
I marked A and found it wrong. The correct answer is D having the word 'More quickly' rather than 'quicker'. The explanation provided in the link given by mukultcs makes it wonderfully clear. It says the following:
"quick" (and, thus, "quicker") is an ADJECTIVE.
"quickly" (and, thus, "more quickly") is an ADVERB.
since you're modifying the action ("be extinguished"), you need an adverb.
i need help for this: use of rather than is confusing me.
Agencies studying discrimination in housing have experimentally proved that minority clients are often discouraged as prospective buyers of residential real estate and the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices. A. the antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades were only mitigating, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices B. in recent decades, the antidiscrimination legislation only mitigated, rather than abolishing, inequity in housing practices C. that antidiscrimination legislation of recent decades has only mitigated, rather than abolished, inequity in housing practices D. that, in recent decades, antidiscrimination legislation has only mitigated, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity E. that recent decades' antidiscrimination legislation only were mitigating, rather than abolishing, housing practices' inequity
answer is C. I am confused about "rather than abolished". My concept is rather than compares two nouns and not verb.
xxxThe U.S. Forest Service, then five years old, decided to put out every fire in its domain, and within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. A. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. B. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. C. within three decades the agency had formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. D. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past. E. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past.
xxxThe U.S. Forest Service, then five years old, decided to put out every fire in its domain, and within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. A. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. B. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. C. within three decades the agency had formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished quicker than they had been in the past. D. within three decades the agency formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past. E. within three decades the agency has formulated what it called the 10 A.M. policy, directing that fires be extinguished more quickly than they had been in the past.
More quickly is apt as it is an adverb. So my take is D