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Mr. Tanner has looked in all the bookstores in the city for an instruction book on how to play the concertina without success.
A) concertina without success
B) concertina unsuccessfully
C) concertina without being successful
D) concertina, having no success in his search
E) concertina, but his search has been unsuccessful
A) concertina without success
B) concertina unsuccessfully
C) concertina without being successful
D) concertina, having no success in his search
E) concertina, but his search has been unsuccessful
17 May 2020, 00:06
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Has Mr. Tanner looked for a book that teaches a person how to play a concertina poorly?
Phrased differently, has Mr. Tanner looked for a book that teaches a person how to play a concertina that sounds awful?
No.
The placement of adverbs is more flexible than the placement of adjectives, but adverbs must not create confusion.
Options A, B, and C create confusion.
→ without success, unsuccessfully, and without being successful should modify Mr. Tanner's search, but they seem to modify how to play [the instruction book]
→ wrong when A, B, and C are inserted into the blank: an instruction book on how to play the concertina __________
Eliminate A, B, and C.
• Split #2: clearer construction, better diction
Compare options D and E.
Stylistically, option E is better than D.
(E) is more straightforward than D and presents contrast more noticeably:
E contains two IC's with parallel verb structures and a simple conjunction, but
In general, a working verb such as has been unsuccessful is stronger than an ___ING word such as having no success[/color] in his search"
Option E contains parallelism that makes the sentence easier to follow: Mr. Tanner has looked . . ., but his search has been unsuccessful.
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
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• Split #1 - meaning
Has Mr. Tanner looked for a book that teaches a person how to play a concertina poorly?
Phrased differently, has Mr. Tanner looked for a book that teaches a person how to play a concertina that sounds awful?
No.
The placement of adverbs is more flexible than the placement of adjectives, but adverbs must not create confusion.
Options A, B, and C create confusion.
→ without success, unsuccessfully, and without being successful should modify Mr. Tanner's search, but they seem to modify how to play [the instruction book]
→ wrong when A, B, and C are inserted into the blank: an instruction book on how to play the concertina __________
Eliminate A, B, and C.
• Split #2: clearer construction, better diction
Compare options D and E.
Stylistically, option E is better than D.
(E) is more straightforward than D and presents contrast more noticeably:
E contains two IC's with parallel verb structures and a simple conjunction, but
In general, a working verb such as has been unsuccessful is stronger than an ___ING word such as having no success[/color] in his search"
Option E contains parallelism that makes the sentence easier to follow: Mr. Tanner has looked . . ., but his search has been unsuccessful.
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
[color=#00a651]COMMENTS
suryakantraycha and RiseAndShinee , welcome to SC Butler.
These replies range from very good to outstanding.
Impressive!
Whoever follows gets to read a thread full of good posts that explain why to eliminate the four worst options.
Nicely done. Be safe.
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A) B) C) are out because they change the meaning to imply that the search was for a book that teaches to play the concertina badly.
D) seems to awkwardly change the time periods to mean that first he unsuccessfully searched and then he started looking into bookstores.
Answer: E)
