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The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that
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The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that were ascended from Versailles, France, in a basket beneath a hot-air balloon in September 1783.
(A) The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that were ascended (B) The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that ascended (C) A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers that ascended (D) A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers to ascended (E) a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers ascending
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20 Feb 2019, 02:51
janeyeo wrote:
The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that were ascended from Versailles, France, in a basket beneath a hot-air balloon in September 1783.
(A) The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that were ascended (B) The first balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster that ascended (C) A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers that ascended (D) A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers to ascended (E) a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers ascending
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22 Feb 2019, 05:48
MWithrock wrote:
I'm a little stuck on how C is wrong.
We have:
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster (the noun and subjects) were the first balloon passengers (descriptive modifier right?) that ascended (correct verb)
I just don't see it. its parallel, subjects agree with tense and verb is in correct froml. Help please.
C is grammatically correct, but SC cares about both the grammar and the meaning.
C says: A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers that ascended from Versailles, France, in a basket beneath a hot-air balloon in September 1783.
which means that a sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers to launch from Versailles, but there may be other passengers before them who launched from other places other than Versailles.
While the main passage says that the first passengers (of all times) to ride the balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster.
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22 Feb 2019, 07:28
Mahmoudfawzy83 wrote:
MWithrock wrote:
I'm a little stuck on how C is wrong.
We have:
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster (the noun and subjects) were the first balloon passengers (descriptive modifier right?) that ascended (correct verb)
I just don't see it. its parallel, subjects agree with tense and verb is in correct froml. Help please.
C is grammatically correct, but SC cares about both the grammar and the meaning.
C says: A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first balloon passengers that ascended from Versailles, France, in a basket beneath a hot-air balloon in September 1783.
which means that a sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers to launch from Versailles, but there may be other passengers before them who launched from other places other than Versailles.
While the main passage says that the first passengers (of all times) to ride the balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster.
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