alwaysudit wrote:
the question is from
OG,and it says that option D is incorrect because "indicative of " cant introduce a clause .
Which clause is being talked about here and why cant indicative of introduce a clause
hi alwaysudit,
75.Along with the drop in producer prices announced yesterday, the strong retail sales figures released today seem
like it is indicative that the economy, although growing slowly, is not nearing a recession.
(A) like it is indicative that
(B) as if to indicate
(C) to indicate that
(D) indicative of
(E) like an indication of
in the second half of non underlined portion "the economy, although growing slowly, is not nearing a recession"....the economy is not nearing a recession is a clause....sub:economy verb: is
now if you choose C "indicative of "..the whole sentence will become like this
Along with the drop in producer prices announced yesterday, the strong retail sales figures released today seem indicative of the economy, although growing slowly, is not nearing a recession.......in this sentence there is one clause and one is fragment
clause:Along with the drop in producer prices announced yesterday, the strong retail sales figures released today seem indicative of the economy
fragment:is not nearing a recession
so this will be wrong
more to say that seem should always be followed by infinitive.
kudos if it helps.
SKM