lumone wrote:
Original sentence:
Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets. computer graphics, and film titles.
Correct answer:
suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of
Wrong answer:
suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
Explanation:"Has come to signify means that it still signifies, but has signified suggests a completed action and thus alters the meaning; widely ranging work is imprecise.
I do not understand why has signified suggests a completed action. This is present perfect: the event started in the past and continues into the present. So, why is it wrong to say has signified?
Wrong answer:
have suggested coporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
Explanation: "Have suggested does not agree with term; the verb tenses suggest a completed situation rather than an ongoing one."
I do not understand why "Have suggested does not agree with term. What is wrong with:The term may have suggested?
in first case 'signified' means an action is completed and over n it has no relevance in d present..whereas d original sentence says that the term graphic design still signifies the work..here d action continues and it is not over. so in first case past tense changes d meaning of d sentence. so we need signify which is in present tense..
in second case also 'signified' becomes past tense and changes d meaning.
moreover d original sentence is in present tense(c d verb 'may' n it is not 'might')
hope dis helps
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