Abraham Lincolns simple writing style and enduring themesthe

Question

Abraham Lincoln’s simple writing style and enduring themes—the spirit of the common man, the importance of hard work, and the necessity of cooperation— was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is  to ours.

A) was as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it is
B) were as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
C) has been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as they are
D) had been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as it was
E) have been as inspirational to his fellow citizens as

mailnavin1 · Answer

B as it maintains s-v agreement and the PARALELISM

OA PLZZZZ

ykaiim · Answer

GurpreetSingh,

I think in E, we need sub+verb not just verb. Please check.

zest4mba · Answer

Choice B is correct

Choice E is not the correct answer. The verb "have been" suggests that Lincoln's fellow citizens are presently inspired by his work; however, this is not the case.

This choice is tricky.

zest4mba · Answer

Can someone explain this

Astronomers have recently deduced the age of the oldest living star in the known universe, a metal-poor star that is a fossil formed in the early history of the universe and  endured  some 13.2 billion years.

A endured
B endures
C enduring
D it endured
E is enduring

ykaiim · Answer

C.

Astronomers have recently deduced the  age  of the  oldest   living star  in the known universe, a metal-poor star that  is  a fossil  formed  in the early history of the universe and endured some 13.2 billion years.

The star is still living and the age is in progressive form.

gurpreetsingh · Answer

IMO A, maintains tense and parallelism.

meatdumpling · Answer

sentence kinda doesn't make sense...how can star be a fossil from billions of years ago?

nilesh376 · Answer

A, C are out due to subject agreement. am confused with 'B', D, E
I picked 'D' due to tense mood. Wats OA??

metallicafan · Answer

+1 B

Simple past is required because the sentence refers to Lincon's fellow citizens, who lived in the past.

brandy96 · Answer

for original question, it is B. But E is very close. Can someone tell me what is the error in E other than if we assume that 'Abraham Lincoln’s fellow citizens were in past'

garimavyas · Answer

i think the answer is B. i think subject -verb agreement issue and the usage of right tenses eliminate A and D and C quite clearly. E uses present perfect , but for an event which happened in the past and ended in the past we can not use present perfect , 'had been ' may be a bit closer to the right option but 'have been' is wrong .

gurpreetsingh · Answer

whats the OA of 2nd question?

A and C are contenders..

c makes more sense...long time back I answered it as A.
reason: the star is still enduring, so the answer should have present participle.

the answer must be participle.

Warlock007 · Answer

see this gurpreet https://quizlet.com/1914524/iuhjkj-flash-cards/

amit2k9 · Answer

after as we require a pronoun referring to the writings.

B does the same.

deathgod · Answer

For the 1st Questions I am going with E.

B says:

were as inspirational to his citizens as they ARE( and not were) to ours
( the choice has are , which doesnt make sense)

crick20002002 · Answer

B for the original question.

Rephrase  ours  to  our fellow citizens  (ours in effect means our fellow citizens).

Crick

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