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13 Apr 2022, 01:30
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Last year, engineers at a local software firm developed a new approach for dealing with increasingly troublesome cyber attacks, an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%.
(A) an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(B) an advancement that had already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(C) and it is an advancement that reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(D) and is an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(E) and an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(A) an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(B) an advancement that had already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(C) and it is an advancement that reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(D) and is an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
(E) and an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50%
13 Apr 2022, 07:13
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Meaning:-
Last year , engineers at local software firm developed a new approach
for dealing with increasingly troublesome cyber attacks
an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50 %.
Here, this new approach is being referred as an advancement which has reduced successful attacks by 50 %
Error Analysis
No SV error . Engineers -Subject, Developed -Verb
That subject has verb
No Verb Tense Error.
No Parallelism , Modifier , Comparison , Idiom Error.
Answer Choice Analysis.
A - Correct
B - Incorrect
Had already reduced. Use of Past perfect tense is not required as there is no sequence of events.
Also it leads to meaning change as errors cannot be reduced first without implementation of new approach
C- INCORRECT
it . pronoun error ? , It refers ?
D- INCORRECT
and is an advancement.
No subject for is .
E - INCORRECT
"and an advancement"
and leads to two Independent Clause. But here we need to show the impact of development of new approach.
Choice E doesnot show to intended cause effect relationship
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Last year , engineers at local software firm developed a new approach
for dealing with increasingly troublesome cyber attacks
an advancement that has already reduced successful attacks by over 50 %.
Here, this new approach is being referred as an advancement which has reduced successful attacks by 50 %
Error Analysis
No SV error . Engineers -Subject, Developed -Verb
That subject has verb
No Verb Tense Error.
No Parallelism , Modifier , Comparison , Idiom Error.
Answer Choice Analysis.
A - Correct
B - Incorrect
Had already reduced. Use of Past perfect tense is not required as there is no sequence of events.
Also it leads to meaning change as errors cannot be reduced first without implementation of new approach
C- INCORRECT
it . pronoun error ? , It refers ?
D- INCORRECT
and is an advancement.
No subject for is .
E - INCORRECT
"and an advancement"
and leads to two Independent Clause. But here we need to show the impact of development of new approach.
Choice E doesnot show to intended cause effect relationship
Thanks
13 Apr 2022, 23:11
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IMO (A) should be the correct choice.
It is an advancement which has recently been made and due to the effectiveness of the software, the attacks have already reduced by 50%.
It is an advancement which has recently been made and due to the effectiveness of the software, the attacks have already reduced by 50%.
