Hi All,
Hopefully, my POE helps.
Quote:
Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
A. Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
B. Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
C. Most people may not think hazardously of photographic processing, but health problems can be caused when many of the chemicals are used in rooms that are not properly ventilated.
D. Most people may not think of photographic processing as being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
E. Photographic processing, while not thought of as being hazardous, can cause health problems when many of the chemicals used are done so in rooms with no proper ventilation.
The difference between "to be" and "being"-
To be- It is generally used when someone wants something.
example- I want to be home by noon. I just want it to be healthy.
Being- It is generally used as a state. (Although there are other uses as well of Being, but generally you would be able to solve maximum questions by remembering Being as a state)
POE-
Quote:
Option A)- Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
Here "Most people may not think of photographic processing to be hazardous", meaning something like people don't wish it to be hazardous.
But for now, let's keep A
Quote:
Option B- Most people may not think of photographic processing being hazardous, but many of the chemicals used can cause health problems, especially if they are not used in rooms with proper ventilation.
Here "processing" is a state. And in this sentence, it clearly states that photographic processing state, i.e the moment when the photographs are getting processed is hazardous.
Although it lacks "as", and thus sound funny, and it would get clear as we go to option D.
But this sentence clear us that usage of "being" is much better in this sentence than "to be".
Option C- I hope no one had an issue with this. This option clearly changes the intended meaning.
Option D- It is similar to B but the Introduction of "as" makes D more clear.
Option E- This option misses people and misses "may", which shows that they could also think about photographic processing as being Hazardous.
Thus D is correct