b14kumar wrote:
While many of the constituents of the congresswoman believe her recent stance on the proposed rent-control statutes contradict her platform when she ran and that she should therefore not be reelected, the vast majority of those who voted for her in the previous election reported that they intended to do so in the next election.
O her recent stance on the proposed rent-control statutes contradict her platform when she ran
O her recent stance on the proposed rent-control statutes contradicts her running platform
O her stance for the proposed rent-control statutes that she just announced contradicts her running platform
O that her recent stance on the proposed rent-control statutes contradicts her running platform
O that her latest stance on the proposed rent-control statutes contradicts her running platform
In my opinion D is the correct Answer , but i am confused why E is not?
Answer is E
Believe needs to take "that" so A, B, C are out
I think latest is idiomatic...D should write "most recent"
In addition, here is what I found from the web dictionary:
Latest: adj 1: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "
Latest means its the newest presently
Ex. The latest technology in mp3 players includes Apple's iPods.
Ex2. The latest edition of Time magazine named Bill & Melinda Gates Persons of the Year.
Recent: adj 1: being new in a time not long past
So to me, recent denotes something of the immediate past.
Ex. His recent trip to Africa ==> He just went to Africa not long ago
So the use of "latest" in this sentence is correct since we want to differentiate her "new, latest" stance from the stance she took when she "ran".