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12 Mar 2014, 00:37
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The characteristic phenomenon of mass suicide by thousands of lemmings year after year by jumping off from cliffs to great depths, explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is driven to migrate from friendly habitats to hostile environs
(A) explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is
(B) explainable by a choice few behavioral scientists, only occurs after a majority of the animals are
(C) explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
(D) is explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
(E) that can be explained only by a choice few behavioral scientists and it occurs after a majority of the animals are
(A) explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is
(B) explainable by a choice few behavioral scientists, only occurs after a majority of the animals are
(C) explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
(D) is explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
(E) that can be explained only by a choice few behavioral scientists and it occurs after a majority of the animals are
OA: C
OE: SV number error; by a chosen few – is wrong idiom; Choice few is correct usage
B: The placement of the modifier ‘only’ before occurs is inappropriate to the meaning of the topic
C: Correct Choice
D: A run-on
E: The first part is fragment
OE: SV number error; by a chosen few – is wrong idiom; Choice few is correct usage
B: The placement of the modifier ‘only’ before occurs is inappropriate to the meaning of the topic
C: Correct Choice
D: A run-on
E: The first part is fragment
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12 Mar 2014, 06:15
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The characteristic phenomenon of mass suicide by thousands of lemmings year after year by jumping off from cliffs to great depths, explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is driven to migrate from friendly habitats to hostile environs
(A) explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is
Should be occurs as we are talking about a phenomenon
(B) explainable by a choice few behavioral scientists, only occurs after a majority of the animals are
only is wrong here, there may be other reasons
(C) explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
Correct
(D) is explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
and should be in place of comma
(E) that can be explained only by a choice few behavioral scientists and it occurs after a majority of the animals are
Wordy
(A) explainable only by a chosen few behavioral scientists, occur after a majority of the animals is
Should be occurs as we are talking about a phenomenon
(B) explainable by a choice few behavioral scientists, only occurs after a majority of the animals are
only is wrong here, there may be other reasons
(C) explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
Correct
(D) is explainable only by a choice few behavioral scientists, occurs after a majority of the animals are
and should be in place of comma
(E) that can be explained only by a choice few behavioral scientists and it occurs after a majority of the animals are
Wordy
12 Mar 2014, 11:22
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I was confused between B and C. I picked B over C.
In such cases, how do we know which option carries the right meaning?
In such cases, how do we know which option carries the right meaning?
