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Explanation guys? The expansion of the influence of the Gregorian calendar system in non-European regions can be traced from European colonies such as India and Egypt, and the independent countries, replacing traditional calendars at least for official purposes. A. and B. to C. and to D. with E. in addition to OA By necessary, munitions plants hired many young woman during the war; at least as much as 500,00 and more others who had not any previous experience in factory work of any kind. A. at least as much as 500,000 and more others who had not any B. at least as much as more than 500,000 others who had no C. more than 500,000 had not any D. more than 500,000 had not no E. there were at least 500,000 or more others without any OA
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My explanation for the second one, I think it's because of the semicolon ";" that we have to use "There are" as it's a separate phrase. "at least as much as" is awkward so A & B out and in C & D "had not" has verb/tense issue with "hired many young women" past & present perfect are not parallel .also "more than" is used when doing comparison but here we are not comparing. That was my view. What's your opinion guys?
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08 Mar 2010, 01:03
IMO C for 2nd ques
The tie is between C and D. In D had not is negative and no is another negative which is not correct . Hence C is the answer.
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for the first question if its from A to B y is there a , in between from A,to B the format here in the 1st Question is FROM A,to the B im not convinced some one please help 
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1.B 2.E had not no - I think is awkward CONSIDER AWARDING KUDOS IF MY POST HELPS !!!
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Q No 1. Fairly simple logic: the correct idiom is ‘f rom ….. To.’ B uses ‘from – to’ and hence is the answer. Question No 2 is a copy book lesson in grammar. I presume it is ' by necessity' rather than by necessary. (Must be a typo) First thing: Use of a semicolon compulsorily entails an independent clause after the punctuation. A and B do not use independent clauses. Secondly in A, the use of 'as much as and more than' is wrong for comparing countable nouns. It should be 'as many as and greater than' .B suffers from the use of same wrong comparative terms. C is good enough and after the use of semicolon, there is a full fledged clause with an action verb ‘had not’. This must be the answer D uses double negatives and as such is anti-thetical. E - At least implies a base minimum plus much more or many more. So the use of at least and more in E is rather redundant. D as the OA must be an oversight and a typo.
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D can't be the ans in 2nd Ques 'had not no experience' is unheard of. i chose C, which i think is the correct ans.
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Quote: The expansion of the influence of the Gregorian calendar system in non-European regions can be traced from European colonies such as India and Egypt, and the independent countries, replacing traditional calendars at least for official purposes.
A. and
B. to
C. and to
D. with
E. in addition to Answer: B Idiom: 'from...to...' We are looking at a range of non-European regions 'from' European colonies (non-independent) 'to' independent countries. Quote: By necessity, munitions plants hired many young women during the war; at least as much as 500,00 and more others who had not any previous experience in factory work of any kind.
A. at least as much as 500,000 and more others who had not any
B. at least as much as more than 500,000 others who had no
C. more than 500,000 had not any
D. more than 500,000 had not no
E. there were at least 500,000 or more others without any Answer: I would go for C. semi-colon is used to stick two independent clauses into one sentence, so whatever that comes after ';' should be able to stand as a complete sentence by itself. A and B fails in this aspect. E alters the original meaning (original says '500k + more' but E says '500k or more'. Not the same!) As for D, 'had not no previous experience' is just terrible terrible terrible. --> When we use 'had not', an action word should come after it e.g. 'had not seen', 'had not heard', 'had not laughed'. So, OA cannot possibly be D. There must have been an oversight or typo as mentioned by Daagh. Hence, we are left with C as the correct answer. Hope that helps! 
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'had not any experience' is correct. 'Had not no experience' is awkward
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1)B 2)The ";" is used to separate two sentences. So E
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