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chache da post-- was that intentional punjabi? lol
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
a) Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
c) By widening his crimes and surpassing all his predecessors and attaining a quasi-ontological dimension
d) He surpassed all his predecessors from the breadth of his crimes to attainment of quasi-ontological dimension
e) with the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension surpassing all his predecessors
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Has to be B. What is the OA?
Tough nut, that is why I only attempt sc 50% of the time.
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
a) Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
c) By widening his crimes and surpassing all his predecessors and attaining a quasi-ontological dimension
d) He surpassed all his predecessors from the breadth of his crimes to attainment of quasi-ontological dimension
e) with the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension surpassing all his predecessors
OA: (b)
The colon sign between the underlined sentence and what is given after that suggests that the later is an example or instance of the earlier. Choices (a) and (c) are wrong because the continuous tense(ing form) makes the sentence incomplete. Between (b) and (d), 'by the breadth of' in (b) is better than 'from the breadth of' in (d). Option (e) is wrong, since 'with the breadth....' is wrong usage and also for the reason that 'surpassing' makes the sentence incomplete.
Hello a small doubt..
Was solving a mock.. found this sentence..
The legacy of an ancestor several generations back may be too diluted for showing up.
They are saying too must be followed with to. so the sentence will be written as may be too dilute to show up..
So is this a must for every too...?
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
a) Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
c) By widening his crimes and surpassing all his predecessors and attaining a quasi-ontological dimension
d) He surpassed all his predecessors from the breadth of his crimes to attainment of quasi-ontological dimension
e) with the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension surpassing all his predecessors
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
@chinnugadu said:b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
Correct. Answer explained in previous post.:)
@khatrex said:Correct. Answer explained in previous post.
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yeah. Checked it out later. Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work buddy. Hope to drop in regularly from on.
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@Chacha said:chache da post-- was that intentional punjabi? lol
LOL! It comes naturally you know ahem ahem 😛 😁
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
a) Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
c) By widening his crimes and surpassing all his predecessors and attaining a quasi-ontological dimension
d) He surpassed all his predecessors from the breadth of his crimes to attainment of quasi-ontological dimension
e) with the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension surpassing all his predecessors
what is the source of this sentence ? all sentences are blatantly wrong. the use of colon cannot be justified in anyway. When colon is used as a logical consequence, the cause and effect is understood and hence "as a result" is itself redundant. ( this is much a sort of Syntactical use of colon, not used in a formal way)
There was only one possible explanation: the train had never arrived.
moreover, both the side of colon must have a clause. here, only D has a clause before a colon
apart from the usage of colon - A,B,C and E are wrong from modifier conecept.
A - "Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes" is a dangling modifier. what is it modifying ? present participle phrase require a logical subject to perform the action.
Wanting to reach home quickly, the football team took a short-cut.
Here, "wanting to reach home quickly" is an adverb of reason for the main verb "took" and since "wanting" is itself an adjective it must require a logical subject, a noun, - "football team".
B, C and E have similar error - prepositional phrase when separated from the sentence acts as an adverb. Hence, it require a subject.
Hope this helps !!
@Zcarlett said:Q3) A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. a) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. b) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade c) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade d) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier in the decade e) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade
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"factors" - plural. -- that keep : correct. "keeps" is wrong. eliminate a and c
like is used to compare nouns. moreover, like is a preposition and cannot be followed by a clause. eliminate E.
d gives an impression that the housing market are like "earlier in the decade" - illogical - eliminate.
correct one - B
hope this helps !!
@Zcarlett said:That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman. A. her being a woman B. being a woman is C. her womanhood D. that she was a woman E. that she is a woman
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Well as far as I can track it, its a Kaplan Question.
Well E is a correct one.
the usage of "that" is correct in d and e - parallelism.
d- she was a woman : nonsense.- she is a woman, will be a woman and was a woman.
for general truth - use simple present.
e is perfect.
hope this helps !!
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3.b
as for 'only one of' we take plural verb....so eliminating a and c ,now to compare phrases we use 'as' and not 'like' therefore ans should be b....as i think
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Dude... this article is published in Time Mag I think...( Who rightly bashed our Manmohan sometime ago) and appears in Time Sectional tests(Desi Time Insti...
I too zeroed on D initially..... But somehow I didn't like the fact that " as a result of Hitler" was not going with the rest of D. When I read and reread the sentence umpteenth number of time, keeping the grammar rules a bit away and put on my proverbial writer cap on .. I came to B... and so is the writer of the original piece...
@Chacha said: @avik.chDude... this article is published in Time Mag I think...( Who rightly bashed our Manmohan sometime ago) and appears in Time Sectional tests(Desi Time Insti...I too zeroed on D initially..... But somehow I didn't like the fact that " as a result of Hitler" was not going with the rest of D. When I read and reread the sentence umpteenth number of time, keeping the grammar rules a bit away and put on my proverbial writer cap on .. I came to B... and so is the writer of the original piece...
thanks for the link !!
In the original one, there is a comma, which is missing in B.
by the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension, he surpasses all his predecessors: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
The comma before "he" is missing in B. This is a fatal error, leaving us with no main clause.
That is the reason why I have written that there is a modifier problem. If you haven't copied the question wrong, then you can take this question to any TIME instructor for further clarification.
Now, regarding the usage of colon :
since there is a new concept coming in, the usage of colon is perfect here with the usage of "as a result of". I mentioned this problem, as I couldn't find any main clause in the underline portion.
moreover, if you are a non native speaker of english, you should never use your ear in doing any SC. ( I understand this is what you mean by "proverbial writer cap"). Look for meaning and grammar. If both fails, look for stylish agreement.
Hope this helps !!
@manoj_msr said: Hello a small doubt..Was solving a mock.. found this sentence..The legacy of an ancestor several generations back may be too diluted for showing up.They are saying too must be followed with to. so the sentence will be written as may be too dilute to show up..So is this a must for every too...?
for any SC - first parse the sentence.
The legacy of an ancestor several generation back --- subject . parsing again :
The legacy of an ancestor ( noun )
Several Generation back ( adjective )
May be - verb phrase. its a be verb, so what must follow should be an adverb, adjective or a noun
too diluted - is an adjective. Adjective predicate.
for showing up - this is a prepositional phrase, acting as an adverb.
major used for preposition "for" when used for adverb :
1. adverb of time : I studied for three hours.
2. adverb of place : I work for company X.
3. adverb of reason : The government was criticized for raising taxes.
prepositional phrase "to" is used for adverb of purpose. ( or an infinitive phrase). It signifies an action taking place in future.
I went to see Tom Hanks. - its an adverb of purpose, the purpose of the verb "went".
Applying the above concept - "for showing up" is wrong. So "to" is perfect acting for the purpose of "diluted".
In fact, this is not a "small doubt". Prepositional phrase is a very extensive topic.
Hope this helps !!
@avik.ch said:for any SC - first parse the sentence.The legacy of an ancestor several generation back --- subject . parsing again :The legacy of an ancestor ( noun )Several Generation back ( adjective )May be - verb phrase. its a be verb, so what must follow should be an adverb, adjective or a nountoo diluted - is an adjective. Adjective predicate.for showing up - this is a prepositional phrase, acting as an adverb.major used for preposition "for" when used for adverb :1. adverb of time : I studiedfor three hours.2. adverb of place : I workfor company X.3. adverb of reason : The government was criticizedfor raising taxes.prepositional phrase "to" is used for adverb of purpose. ( or an infinitive phrase). It signifies an action taking place in future.I wentto see Tom Hanks. - its an adverb of purpose, the purpose of the verb "went".Applying the above concept - "for showing up" is wrong. So "to" is perfect acting for the purpose of "diluted".In fact, this is not a "small doubt". Prepositional phrase is a very extensive topic.Hope this helps !!
@manoj_msr said:awesome man.. very helpful..
glad it helped !!
@manoj_msr said:only if hte mock cat explanations were like this... things would have been lot better.
LOL !!
@khatrex said:Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.
a) Surpassing all his predecessors by the breadth of his crimes, which attained a quasi-ontological dimension
b) By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension he surpasses all his predecessors
c) By widening his crimes and surpassing all his predecessors and attaining a quasi-ontological dimension
d) He surpassed all his predecessors from the breadth of his crimes to attainment of quasi-ontological dimension
e) with the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension surpassing all his predecessors