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Carcass:
I would like to edit my two answers. I neglected the meaning issue in 1 and 2.
1A 2A 3A 4C 5C 6B 7A 8C 9E 10C
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I would like to edit my two answers. I neglected the meaning issue in 1 and 2.
1A 2A 3A 4C 5C 6B 7A 8C 9E 10C


LOL :)

but during the exam you can't say . ehhhhh wait a moment :)

Again LOL
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Thats why I am here to practice and to not repeat these mistakes.:wink:
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1.D 2.E 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.E 9.B 10.C

Plz post OA's
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my take
1-a
2-e
3-a
4-c
5-c
6-a
7-a
8-c
9-d
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Hi Carcass, can you pls combine all 4 sets in a document
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My take :
1.A
2.e
3.a
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.a
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OA are added

Also OE for the first and the ninth question

Official Answer (OA) – A
Concepts Tested – Meaning, Tense
A last-word split comes in handy in this question. Since the sentence talks about
a past event, we need to go with ‘would’ and not ‘will’. Hence B and C go out.

E uses a double negative by using ‘hardly’ and ‘nothing’ in the same sentence

Both A and D get the grammar correct but D distorts the meaning by using
‘should’ to imply ‘suggestion’ whereas the original sentence uses ‘must’ to imply
‘compulsion’. Hence A is the best answer.

Official Answer (OA) – C
Concepts Tested – Redundancy, Meaning,
The use of ‘because’ and ‘is the reason’ in the same sentence is redundant, so
eliminate A. C gets this right and is the best answer.

B - This sentence makes it appear as though ‘lack of education’ is the reason why
planners attack illiteracy first, whereas it is the entire first clause that is the
reason and just the lack of education

D - Awkward and wordy construction because of the usage of ‘being’.

E - Distorts the meaning by changing ‘social ills’ into ‘illnesses in society’


I f someone else wants another OE to clarify, here we are.

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my take
1-a
2-e
3-a
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8-c
9-d
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Hi Carcass, can you pls combine all 4 sets in a document


next time for the last one :)
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How can E be the answer in 2?
It literally distorts the meaning.
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How can E be the answer in 2?
It literally distorts the meaning.

Official Answer (OA) – E
Concepts Tested – Parallelism, Wordiness, Meaning
The use of ‘and’ should tell you to check for parallelism. Stacy had shown
improvement in literature and in something else. Thus A goes out because it uses
the infinitive ‘to learn’ after the ‘and’.

B - breaks the parallelism by repeating the subject ‘she’ after the comma

C - the phrase ‘ability that was considerable’ is awkward and unnecessarily wordy

D - Distorts the meaning by changing the adjective ‘considerable’ into the adverb
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E – Gets the parallelism right by repeating the ‘in’ before ‘foreign languages’, and
is the best answer
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During a conversation with Stacy’s parents, the teacher mentioned that Stacy
had shown considerable ability in literature and to learn foreign languages

(A) considerable ability in literature and to learn
(B) considerable ability in literature and that she could do it well in
(C) ability that was considerable in literature as well as in learning
(D) ability considerably in literature and in
(E) considerable ability in literature and in

A-ability in literature and to learn foreign languages. Two prepositional phrases are in parallel-logically and grammatically.
Intended meaning is quite clear. Stacy shows considerable abilility in literature. She also shows considerable ability to learn foreign languages.

E changes that.
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But can't the two prepositional phrases be parallel? Yes they can and they do appear in such forms.
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carcass,
Just a typo error in ur post , U have mentioned OE for 1st and 9th question ,but it should be 1st and 10th question
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During a conversation with Stacy’s parents, the teacher mentioned that Stacy
had shown considerable ability in literature and to learn foreign languages

(A) considerable ability in literature and to learn
(B) considerable ability in literature and that she could do it well in
(C) ability that was considerable in literature as well as in learning
(D) ability considerably in literature and in
(E) considerable ability in literature and in

A-ability in literature and to learn foreign languages. Two prepositional phrases are in parallel-logically and grammatically.
Intended meaning is quite clear. Stacy shows considerable abilility in literature. She also shows considerable ability to learn foreign languages.

E changes that.


Sorry marcab here what was your response A ?' or E ?? let'me understand
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"to phrases" also intruduce prepositional phrases.
My response was A.
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"to phrases" also intruduce prepositional phrases.
My response was A.

But I read E in your second post

No No sorry My fault you edited the answer in the second one. :) ok

The answer cannot be A because stacey has improve considerable ability \(in\) literature and \( to\) learn
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I don't care about my answer right now. I just can't understand how E is the answer for 2. It changes the meaning drastically.
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