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04 Oct 2017, 09:45
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Term "Diabetes, together with its serious complications" is plural so we have to use ranks. Had it been only "Diabetes" then sentence will be Diabetes rank as third......please note we are ranking based on "leading cause of death". E.g. you can rank any food items based on deliciousness.
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19 Oct 2018, 07:55
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Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer
(a) ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only
(b) rank as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(c) has the rank of the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(d) are the nation's third leading causes of death, surpassed only
(e) have been ranked as the nation's third leading causes of death, only surpassed
Subject -> Diabetes -> Singular
Remove the words between the 2 commas and then read it.
One will notice that a singular verb will follow singular subject, which is happening in two options a and c .
Now between 'a' and 'c', will it be surpassed only or only surpassed ??
Surpassed only in 'a' means that only two diseases will surpass diabetes, whereas in 'c' only surpassed means that there can be more diseases than the mentioned two.
Giving the answer as a
(a) ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only
(b) rank as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(c) has the rank of the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(d) are the nation's third leading causes of death, surpassed only
(e) have been ranked as the nation's third leading causes of death, only surpassed
Subject -> Diabetes -> Singular
Remove the words between the 2 commas and then read it.
One will notice that a singular verb will follow singular subject, which is happening in two options a and c .
Now between 'a' and 'c', will it be surpassed only or only surpassed ??
Surpassed only in 'a' means that only two diseases will surpass diabetes, whereas in 'c' only surpassed means that there can be more diseases than the mentioned two.
Giving the answer as a
11 May 2019, 01:39
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ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassing only
Why is verb-ing modifier wrong here?
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ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassing only
Why is verb-ing modifier wrong here?
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