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Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, and escalation in territorial disputes, and intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms and the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard for others.
A. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, and escalation in territorial disputes, and intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms and the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
B. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
C. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, and a heightened race for arms and the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
D. The growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms, the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard were some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War
E.The growth of nationalism across Europe, along with intensified and intricate system of alliances, escalation in territorial disputes, a heightened race for arms, the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard were some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War----
A. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, and escalation in territorial disputes, and intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms and the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
B. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
C. Some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War were the growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, and a heightened race for arms and the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard
D. The growth of nationalism across Europe, escalation in territorial disputes, intensified and intricate system of alliances, a heightened race for arms, the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard were some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War
E.The growth of nationalism across Europe, along with intensified and intricate system of alliances, escalation in territorial disputes, a heightened race for arms, the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and a drop in mutual regard were some of the most important long term or structural causes of the First World War----
Verbal Diagnostic Test No : 7 – SC Q No: 7
OA: C
OE:
A. no need for and after Europe, disputes, while and is required after alliances
B: ‘and’ is required after race for arms
C: correct choice
D: ‘and’ is required after race for arms
E: The choice wants to say that there is only one primary reason for the war and all others are secondary factors; So a plural verb ‘were’ is inappropriate.
OA: C
OE:
A. no need for and after Europe, disputes, while and is required after alliances
B: ‘and’ is required after race for arms
C: correct choice
D: ‘and’ is required after race for arms
E: The choice wants to say that there is only one primary reason for the war and all others are secondary factors; So a plural verb ‘were’ is inappropriate.
26 Dec 2015, 17:06
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There might be some mistakes that make this topic untouchable for some. But looking at the broad picture, here are some facts that many seem to have overlooked.
1. Here is list of six factors that many have jumbled up in a single list. Nope; they are indeed in two series, namely
A – the upward series and B - the downward series.
A. The upward series: 1. the growth of nationalism, 2. the escalation in territorial disputes, 3. Intensified and intricate system of alliances, and 4. a heightened race for arms
B. The downward series: 1. the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and 2. a drop in mutual regard
Now, first thing is to put an ‘and’ between the A and the B series, but not a comma because there are only two lists.
Next, take the first (upward) series: put a ‘comma’ and the ‘and’ before the last item namely, ‘a heightened race for arms’.
Then, take the second (downward series): join the two items in the series with an ‘and’ without the comma, since there are only two items in the list.
Now please review choice C in the light of the above explanation.
C. Some of the most important long-term or structural causes of the First World War were [A 1. the growth of nationalism across Europe, 2.escalation in territorial disputes, 3. intensified and intricate system of alliances, and 4. a heightened race for arms] and [ B 1.the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and B2.a drop in mutual regard ]
The theme for this complex question came from an old OG question given in the link
manifestations-of-islamic-political-militancy-in-the-first-79870.html?fl=similar
Thanks for the feedback. If you think, however, that the question under current discussion isn’t worth it, sorry guys, you can kick it out.
1. Here is list of six factors that many have jumbled up in a single list. Nope; they are indeed in two series, namely
A – the upward series and B - the downward series.
A. The upward series: 1. the growth of nationalism, 2. the escalation in territorial disputes, 3. Intensified and intricate system of alliances, and 4. a heightened race for arms
B. The downward series: 1. the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and 2. a drop in mutual regard
Now, first thing is to put an ‘and’ between the A and the B series, but not a comma because there are only two lists.
Next, take the first (upward) series: put a ‘comma’ and the ‘and’ before the last item namely, ‘a heightened race for arms’.
Then, take the second (downward series): join the two items in the series with an ‘and’ without the comma, since there are only two items in the list.
Now please review choice C in the light of the above explanation.
C. Some of the most important long-term or structural causes of the First World War were [A 1. the growth of nationalism across Europe, 2.escalation in territorial disputes, 3. intensified and intricate system of alliances, and 4. a heightened race for arms] and [ B 1.the decline in mutual trust between nations especially neighbors and B2.a drop in mutual regard ]
The theme for this complex question came from an old OG question given in the link
manifestations-of-islamic-political-militancy-in-the-first-79870.html?fl=similar
Thanks for the feedback. If you think, however, that the question under current discussion isn’t worth it, sorry guys, you can kick it out.
26 Dec 2015, 11:53
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This sentence is nowhere near acceptable in any of its forms. Here are two problems that occur in all five choices:
1) "nations especially neighbors and"
Where is the punctuation?
2) "intensified and intricate system of alliances"
This needs an article (in this case, "an" would make most sense).
As for C, the traffic jam of additional factors tacked on with "and" makes it a shockingly poor choice. B would actually be much better; it still has the two flaws above, but other than that, it's just missing commas near the end. Add some punctuation and you *almost* have a grammatical sentence.
Unless you are learning a great deal from seeing *why* problems like this are flawed, though, I'd highly recommend that you study more from the OG and less from dubious problems posted online. It is very easy to get accustomed to bad English, and then you'll actually be undermining yourself rather than strengthening your score!
1) "nations especially neighbors and"
Where is the punctuation?
2) "intensified and intricate system of alliances"
This needs an article (in this case, "an" would make most sense).
As for C, the traffic jam of additional factors tacked on with "and" makes it a shockingly poor choice. B would actually be much better; it still has the two flaws above, but other than that, it's just missing commas near the end. Add some punctuation and you *almost* have a grammatical sentence.
Unless you are learning a great deal from seeing *why* problems like this are flawed, though, I'd highly recommend that you study more from the OG and less from dubious problems posted online. It is very easy to get accustomed to bad English, and then you'll actually be undermining yourself rather than strengthening your score!
