|
Author |
Message |
|
Director
Joined: 25 Jan 2004
Posts: 772
Location: Milwaukee
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
the latest studies of bee colonies, which can include up to 80000 indivisuals, shed new light on what some scientists believe is the mosy elaborate social structure next to human beings in the animal kingdom
A
B) to be the animal kingdom's most elaborate social structure after human beings
C)is the most elaborate social structure in the animal kingdom next to that of human beings
D)to be the most elaborate social structure in the animal kingdom next to human beings
E)is the most elaborate social structure disregarding that of human beings in the animal kingdom
_________________
Praveen
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
Posts: 1582
Followers: 4
Kudos [?]:
13
[0], given: 0
|
between B and D, i prefer D because,
1. to be the most elaborate social structure sounds better than to be the animal kingdom's most elaborate social structure
2. next to .....is better than after........
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Posts: 328
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
4
[0], given: 0
|
I'll pick D as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 25 Jan 2004
Posts: 772
Location: Milwaukee
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
_________________
Praveen
|
|
|
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
Posts: 1582
Followers: 4
Kudos [?]:
13
[0], given: 0
|
MA wrote: between B and D, i prefer D because,
1. to be the most elaborate social structure sounds better than to be the animal kingdom's most elaborate social structure
2. next to .....is better than after........
i thought the problem was idiom, but now it seems that the problem is comparision.
C)is the most elaborate social structure in the animal kingdom next to that of human beings
|
|
|
|
|
|
VP
Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Posts: 1089
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
(B)..it really has to be between B and D because the correct idiom is "believe to be" so if not D then it has to be B
|
|
|
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 30 Sep 2004
Posts: 1548
Location: Germany
Followers: 4
Kudos [?]:
15
[0], given: 0
|
C) we have to compare the structure of the animal kingdom to the structure of the human beings. C) is best !
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
Posts: 511
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
1
[0], given: 0
|
A?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 25 Oct 2004
Posts: 267
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
3
[0], given: 0
|
I would go with C
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
Posts: 511
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
1
[0], given: 0
|
A?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 25 Jan 2004
Posts: 772
Location: Milwaukee
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
OA is C, I am still not sure about the usage of to be any takers?
_________________
Praveen
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manager
Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Posts: 118
Location: San Jose
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
1
[0], given: 0
|
I agree with C.
the latest studies of bee colonies, which can include up to 80000 indivisuals, shed new light on what some scientists believe is the mosy elaborate social structure next to human beings in the animal kingdom
A
###illegal comparision
B) to be the animal kingdom's most elaborate social structure after human beings
###illegal comparision
C)is the most elaborate social structure in the animal kingdom next to that of human beings
###correct comparision. also "is" is a form of the root verb "to be" - depending on the tense, "believe to be" can change to "believe is/are/was/to have been etc"
D)to be the most elaborate social structure in the animal kingdom next to human beings
###illegal comparision
E)is the most elaborate social structure disregarding that of human beings in the animal kingdom
###misplaced modifier "in the animal kingdom"
_________________
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SVP
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Posts: 1544
Followers: 2
Kudos [?]:
9
[0], given: 0
|
"C"...only C || social structures of humans with social structures of bees.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 21 Sep 2004
Posts: 738
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
3
[0], given: 0
|
C it is..
|
|
|
|
|
|
VP
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Posts: 1255
Location: Taiwan
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
7
[0], given: 0
|
It seems the key is not 'believe to be' or 'believe is'. It's the matter of comparison. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderators:
metallicafan, rajeevrks27, Zarrolou, souvik101990, PTK, MacFauz, noboru, kissthegmat, carcass, willigetmylifeback, mikemcgarry, doe007, Vercules, Legendaddy, tuanquang269, RaviChandra, Marcab
|
close
