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During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm

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During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warmer than it is today, and the consequent melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now.

A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now
B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet
C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height
D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet
E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet
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Originally posted by noboru on 26 Aug 2010, 09:44.
Last edited by Bunuel on 15 Apr 2019, 02:59, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2010, 11:02
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A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now - wordy
B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet - Passive voice. Not necessary in this sentence.
C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height - CORRECT
D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet - level of the seas? that's ackward. "over and above its present... " is wordy.
E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet - wrong: passive voice (in this case is wrong) and ackward.

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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2010, 11:03
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During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warmer
than it is today, and the consequent melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea
level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now.

A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now
B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet
C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height--- Correct
D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet
E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet

Please clarify.


first we have choose between to be raised and to rise. no one is going to raise the sea level so passive mode doesn't make sense. So its clearly to rise. B and E are out.
sea level to raise is wrong . A is out.

to rise over and above its present height seems awkward and has redundant words

C clearly mentions that the sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height ..
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2010, 11:14
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C seems like the correct...however, i do have a question reagrding the use of "raise vs rise". i believe "raise" is followed with a direct object while "rise" can't have any direct object. in this question, "rise" is followed by "rise about 60 feet above its present height". is that considered a direct object? thanks!
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2010, 12:17
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Definitely C Short Crisp and without any Error
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2010, 22:12
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C because it sounds right.

Couldn't really tell you why (maybe it's an idiom) but you definitely need "rise" rather than "raise" and the other two that used "rise" were kind of passive voice (i guess) and wordy.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2010, 22:55
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While I was reading the question I automatically replaced "raise" with "rise". And there is only one option with "rise" which is correct and concise as well. Hence C. :)
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2010, 04:31
C

A&B: raise wrong

D,E: level of the sea wordy and incorrect
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   11 Sep 2010, 10:09
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Straight C.

As per MGMAT SC ... rise vs raise .... to rise is used to show a general increase in level of anything.... while raise is used for only Salary and bets .
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   11 Sep 2010, 10:25
devashish wrote:
Straight C.

As per MGMAT SC ... rise vs raise .... to rise is used to show a general increase in level of anything.... while raise is used for only Salary and bets .


what??
and what about RAISE YOUR HAND??
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2010, 20:36
I think raise is when a person or a force increase the level of an object, ex, raise salary, raise hands,...

Whereas rise is the subject itself going up, ex, sun rises, stock price rises
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2010, 11:04
I got C for this one. Like VW said, I can only say that it sounds correct when the entire phrase is read.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2010, 11:22
noboru wrote:
devashish wrote:
Straight C.

As per MGMAT SC ... rise vs raise .... to rise is used to show a general increase in level of anything.... while raise is used for only Salary and bets .


what??
and what about RAISE YOUR HAND??


Raise is a verb, which is always followed by direct object. i.e. some one triggers the increase.

Rise is to show that something has been increased. Eg rise in prices, rise in interest rates.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2010, 21:30
kudos to tingle15....

i also thought that it plain wrong to use raise in this sentence. so, 3 options are out. C sounds clean and nice.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2011, 17:40
A/B RAised??? really

D- over and above??? reallly??

E- Their? WHAAAT!!! SAYYYW WHAATTT

Therefore C IS the Seckiest ans here ...YEaH Me = 1 SC = 99 :P
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2011, 08:51
noboru wrote:
During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warmer
than it is today, and the consequent melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea
level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now.

A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now
B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet
C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height
D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet
E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet

Please clarify.


C wins. This questions is essentially about maintaining the voice and concision. Other options are either wordy or are not in active voice.
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Re: During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   28 Jul 2016, 04:50
noboru wrote:
During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warmer than it is today, and the consequent melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now.

A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now
B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet
C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height
D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet
E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet

Please clarify.


raised and over are redundant. Also, 'rise' is the correct usage instead of 'raise'

C is the correct option
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During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warm [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2021, 07:41
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During the last interglacial period, the climate on the Earth was warmer than it is today, and the consequent melting of the polar ice caps caused the sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now.

A. sea level to raise about 60 feet over and above what its height presently is now "presently is now" is redundant. Incorrect use of transitive verb "raise" - thise requires an object (raise what?). Eliminate.

B. sea level to be raised over its height presently about 60 feet This implies that the current height is 60 feet instead of saying that the height increased by 60 feet. Eliminate.

C. sea level to rise about 60 feet above its present height Correct answer - above errors are rectified and no new errors are introduced.

D. level of the seas to rise over and above its present height about 60 feet Same error as in (B). Also, unnecessary modification of "sea" to "seas". Eliminate.

E. level of the seas to be raised over their height, now about 60 feet Same errors as in (D). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.
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