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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient burial site that they believe will yield important artifacts.
A) that they believe will
B) that is believed to
C) they believe it will
D) they believe is to
E) that they believe it to
23 May 2020, 22:54
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
KEEP
The burial site was discovered. As in, it had not been found before.
How could the thus-far-unknown site be "believed to yield" anything?
This answer suggests that the archaeologists had foreknowledge.
The fact that (B) changes the meaning of (A) is okay.
Option A does not determine intended meaning.
But option A is more logical.
Hmm. I suppose that this site might resemble others.
But "believed to yield" and "believe will yield" aren't the same the thing.
In the first case, the site is already yielding something, but the experts don't know what that something is.
In the second case, the site will yield something fairly predictable: artifcats.
KEEP, but I don't like this one as much as (A)
• You cannot stick two independent clauses together without a [comma + conjunction].
Sentence #1: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient burial site
Sentence #2: They believe it will yield important artifacts.
Option C just sticks the two sentences together without punctuation to separate the clauses and without a conjunction
ELIMINATE C
• same meaning problem as that in (B), and
• the phrasing is off. ". . . is to yield . . ." is not correct. To speak about the future in English, we use will.
ELIMINATE D
• what is the pronoun "it" doing? Nothing. Making a mess.
ELIMINATE E
Between options A and B, the call is easy.
But if I cannot eliminate an answer the moment I am finished reading it, I keep the option and move on.
Aspirants, I would spend no more than 3 seconds trying to decide whether to keep an option.
If you cannot decide, keep the option and move on.
Practice getting to that speed as far as decisionmaking goes.
Option B is logically kinda weird.
I have to suppose all kinds of facts not in evidence (such as that other nearly identical sites exist) in order to accept (B).
Option A present no such problems.
The best answer is A.
Notes
The word "to" does not always signal intention, though I know people are often taught this not-rule.
These sentences use to and do not involve intention:
She sent the package to his house.
To err is human.
It is true that [verb + TO] frequently signals intention. Just not always. We'll tweak that layer of understanding just a little.
COMMENTS
Sarkar93 and Codebug4it , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are mostly outstanding.
A few wobbles here and there? Good!
No wobbles, no learning.
And others will have thought exactly the same somewhat wobbly thing.
They will feel relieved to see that aspirants who preceded them made the same small errors.
Nicely done. Kudos to all.
THE PROMPT
Quote:
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• I see no issues. The archaeologists believe that they will find artifacts.
KEEP
Quote:
• Huh? We have a meaning problem.
The burial site was discovered. As in, it had not been found before.
How could the thus-far-unknown site be "believed to yield" anything?
This answer suggests that the archaeologists had foreknowledge.
The fact that (B) changes the meaning of (A) is okay.
Option A does not determine intended meaning.
But option A is more logical.
Hmm. I suppose that this site might resemble others.
But "believed to yield" and "believe will yield" aren't the same the thing.
In the first case, the site is already yielding something, but the experts don't know what that something is.
In the second case, the site will yield something fairly predictable: artifcats.
KEEP, but I don't like this one as much as (A)
Quote:
• Run-on. Two sentences are "stuck" together.
• You cannot stick two independent clauses together without a [comma + conjunction].
Sentence #1: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient burial site
Sentence #2: They believe it will yield important artifacts.
Option C just sticks the two sentences together without punctuation to separate the clauses and without a conjunction
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• same run-on problem as that in (C)
• same meaning problem as that in (B), and
• the phrasing is off. ". . . is to yield . . ." is not correct. To speak about the future in English, we use will.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• this option is babble. The babble is so bad that it's hard to explain.
• what is the pronoun "it" doing? Nothing. Making a mess.
ELIMINATE E
Between options A and B, the call is easy.
But if I cannot eliminate an answer the moment I am finished reading it, I keep the option and move on.
Aspirants, I would spend no more than 3 seconds trying to decide whether to keep an option.
If you cannot decide, keep the option and move on.
Practice getting to that speed as far as decisionmaking goes.
Option B is logically kinda weird.
I have to suppose all kinds of facts not in evidence (such as that other nearly identical sites exist) in order to accept (B).
Option A present no such problems.
The best answer is A.
Notes
The word "to" does not always signal intention, though I know people are often taught this not-rule.
These sentences use to and do not involve intention:
She sent the package to his house.
To err is human.
It is true that [verb + TO] frequently signals intention. Just not always. We'll tweak that layer of understanding just a little.
COMMENTS
Sarkar93 and Codebug4it , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are mostly outstanding.
A few wobbles here and there? Good!
No wobbles, no learning.
And others will have thought exactly the same somewhat wobbly thing.
They will feel relieved to see that aspirants who preceded them made the same small errors.
Nicely done. Kudos to all.
24 May 2020, 00:49
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Answer is Option A.
Options (B), (D) and (E) have the word 'to' which signifies intention. These options make it seem as if it was the intention of the burial site to yield important artifacts.
Out of options (A) and (C), the pronoun 'that' is required to refer to the burial site. Also, in (A) 'they' correctly refers to the archaeologists which is plural. Burial site is singular so there is no ambiiguity regarding the pronoun 'they'.
Hence, option (A) is the correct choice.
Options (B), (D) and (E) have the word 'to' which signifies intention. These options make it seem as if it was the intention of the burial site to yield important artifacts.
Out of options (A) and (C), the pronoun 'that' is required to refer to the burial site. Also, in (A) 'they' correctly refers to the archaeologists which is plural. Burial site is singular so there is no ambiiguity regarding the pronoun 'they'.
Hence, option (A) is the correct choice.
