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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of Updated on: 16 Apr 2013, 22:30
Originally posted by vivekcall81 on 05 Feb 2011, 06:47.
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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland reveals that the Viking settlement there is almost 600 years as old as the supposedly first North American colony.

A. as old as the supposedly
B. older than the supposedly
C. as old as the supposed
D older than their supposed
E as old as its first supposedly


can anybody tell me why "Supposedly" is better than ''supposed".[list=][/list]
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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of 29 Apr 2013, 23:32
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Supposedly is used to trick the test-takers I guess. Supposedly is close to presumably. Supposed is not correct here.

Secondly, it needs to compare age. X is 600 years as old as Y doesnot make sense.

B is correct :lol:
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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of 10 Aug 2013, 16:56
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"Older" is what we want. So okay, between (B) and (D).

In this case, we want (B). The problem with (D) is the word "their"---who is "their"?

The Vikings didn't OWN the first North American colony so you cannot use "their"--you have to use "the" to say it without any implication of ownership.
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This question can easily be split and solved

1st between supposed and supposedly

now see the sentence which it is going to modify 'first North American colony'--> adjective 'first'-->noun 'colony'

Here we need to use 'supposedly' to modify fist (adjective)

c and d out

let see among a,b,e

A. as old as the supposedly -wrong (because we can say someone is 6 year as old to somebody)
B. older than the supposedly -correct
E as old as its first supposedly-as explained above

Hope this helps :)
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There are multiple splits here.

1. "as old as" vs "older than"

There is a change in meaning here. The viking colony can't be 600 years as old as the first NA colony. Its illogical. So ideally we should use "older than", which conveys the correct idea that VC is much older than first NA colony. (eliminate A, C and E)

2. supposed vs supposedly

We are clearly modifying the adjective "first" here and hence need an adverb. "supposed" is an adjective vis-a-vis "supposedly", which is an adverb. Eliminate C and D

3. Pronoun errors

"their", "its" are both wrong. We don't need plural or singular possessive pronoun here. The NA colony is distinct and not a subset of VC. Eliminate D and E
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A. as old as the supposedly
-This sentence is supposed to make a comparison; the presence of ‘600 years’ indicates as much, otherwise we could simply say “…the Viking settlement is almost as old as”
B. older than the supposedly (Correct)
C. as old as the supposed
-“first” is an adjective modifier which modifies ‘North American Colony’ in this sentence; supposedly is the adverbial modifier
D older than their supposed
-same issue as C
E as old as its first supposedly
-Incorrect pronoun usage: what is the ‘its’ referring to? Presumably the Viking Settlement, but then the sentence suggests that the settlement is almost 600 years as old as itself
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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland reveals that the Viking settlement there is almost 600 years as old as the supposedly first North American colony.

A. as old as the supposedly
B. older than the supposedly
C. as old as the supposed
D older than their supposed
E as old as its first supposedly


can anybody tell me why "Supposedly" is better than ''supposed".[list=][/list]
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1) Older than X is correct idiom for relative comparison here. As old as is incorrect.
2) Supposedly is modifying the adjective 'first'.

Correct answer is B
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Am right to reject D for the reason "their" has no noun to fall back to?
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Am right to reject D for the reason "their" has no noun to fall back to?
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Hello saarthakkhanna04,

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To answer your query, your reasoning is correct here; there is no noun in this sentence to which "their" can logically refer to.

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A new analysis of ruins on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland reveals that the Viking settlement there is almost 600 years as old as the supposedly first North American colony.

A. as old as the supposedly
B. older than the supposedly
C. as old as the supposed
D older than their supposed
E as old as its first supposedly

When a numeric comparison is done with one element older than other AS old AS isn't right. So saying: I am as old as she, is fine but I'm 4 years as old as she is isn't right. In that case we say I am 4 years OLDER THAN her. This eliminated A, C, E
Supposed first colony is of the form asj adj noun. We can't have the adj modifying another adjective. Instead use an adverb supposedly. Additionally this removes the ambiguity that their would cause. Is their refering to vikings ? Was the colony also theirs? Or their is for ruins? B is a better choice
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