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At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access from their homes and offices to the creative output of a significant — and growing — fraction of the planet's population.


(A) At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access from their homes and offices to

(B) For the first time in history, millions of people have virtual instant access from their homes and offices for

(C) At the first of history, millions of people have virtual instant access from their homes and offices in

(D) For the first of history, millions of people have virtually instant access from their homes to

(E) For the first time in history, millions of people have virtually instant access from their homes to
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Originally posted by Pansi on 17 Aug 2012, 01:35.
Last edited by Bunuel on 20 Dec 2018, 09:22, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2012, 02:33
IMO E

Access to vs access for. I think access to is correct here.
"At first in history" in AC seems very awkward.
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2012, 08:17
In E option " office " is missing
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2012, 19:08
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(A) At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access from
their homes and offices to
"At first in history" is unidiomatic
(B) For the first time in history, millions of people have virtual instant access
from their homes and offices for
"access...for" is unidiomatic
(C) At the first of history, millions of people have virtual instant access from
their homes and offices in
"At first in history" is unidiomatic
(D) For the first of history, millions of people have virtually instant access
from their homes to
"For the first of history" is undiomatic
(E) For the first time in history, millions of people have virtually instant
access from their homes to
Correct usage of "for the first time in history" and "access...to"
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2012, 02:36
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Hi,

Please explain the difference between Virtual instant access to virtual instant access.

Confused as which one should be right?
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2012, 03:17
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@vivekdixit07

I guess you mean to say virtually instant access and virtual instant access

IMO virtually (adverb) modifies adjective(instant )

adverb modifies adjective
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2012, 04:21
At first in history, millions ofpeople have virtual instantaccess from their
homes and offices to the creative output of a significant — and growing —
fraction of the planet's population.

Thus the reduced stem : People have access to the creative output......................

Vertical scan : A / D / E to fit the bill =============== B & C disappears

2nd split : Bxn A , D , E

A) At first in history................................

(D) For the first of history.......................

(E) For the first time in history.................

which one would u zone in on ? Guess from our daily usage ............... for the first time in history

Leading to E , my take
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2018, 09:11
My thought:

A,C - "At first in history" is awkward, so I eliminated
D, - Not a complete expression
B - the use of "for" sounds like the reason for first time in history some action was completed "for" access, which to me did not make sense in this prompt.
E - sounds more concise, and the "access to" I interpret as the ability to go somewhere for creative thinking

IMO, best choice is E
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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2018, 10:52
A typo in the question? E doesn't mention homes and offices...

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Re: At first in history, millions of people have virtual instant access fr [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2018, 00:01
Yes, in option E, office is missing
So the meaning changed.
Although access to is correct...

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