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30 Jan 2014, 15:29
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Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.
the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have
OE
Hi, I found right answer choose sounds awkward. Can anyone explain what makes this right answer sound awkward, please.
the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have
OE
Only problem with the sentence as written is the fact that the two subjects of the verb seem are not parallel. The first subject is the how clause, but the second is the noun intensity. Since the second subject is underlined, it must be changed to match the first. Eliminate choices (A), (B) and (C), which maintain the noun. Choice (D) is incorrect because the gerund acting is changed to the progressive verb is acting, which is not parallel to the simple present of looks. Choice (E) makes the 2 subjects parallel without introducing any problems and is, therefore, the correct answer.
Hi, I found right answer choose sounds awkward. Can anyone explain what makes this right answer sound awkward, please.
31 Jan 2014, 03:28
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[quote="goodyear2013"]Some music critics have complained that how an opera singer looks on stage and the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have more influence over directors than technical vocal ability and beauty of tone.
the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have
Hi goodyear2013,
This is a 3/2 split problem at first. You can rule out a,b and c as they do not follow parallelism. Reason for this is, "Some music critics have complained that " , so the phrase after that should either start with a "how" or "that..."
Now between, d and e, d is wrong because of parallelism. Some music critics "have" complained... so it will be seem to "have".
Why do you say that e sounds awkward. It seems to be the only answer to me.
the emotional intensity of her acting seem to have
the emotional intensity of her acting seems to have had
the emotional intensity which her acting seems to have has
how emotionally intense she is acting seem to have had
how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have
Hi goodyear2013,
This is a 3/2 split problem at first. You can rule out a,b and c as they do not follow parallelism. Reason for this is, "Some music critics have complained that " , so the phrase after that should either start with a "how" or "that..."
Now between, d and e, d is wrong because of parallelism. Some music critics "have" complained... so it will be seem to "have".
Why do you say that e sounds awkward. It seems to be the only answer to me.
31 Jan 2014, 03:30
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goodyear2013
to make it parallel the second half should have "how" so it should start with how emotionally intense her acting is seem to have. seem would come instead of seems so B and C direct out.
if any doubt please reply else give kudos
