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Enthusiastic about the upcoming reception lunch approaching, Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members to assign tasks and delegate responsibilities.
A) Enthusiastic about the upcoming reception lunch approaching, Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members to
B) Being enthusiastic about the upcoming reception lunch approaching, Mrs. Brown phoned her committee members in a hastily manner to
C) Feeling enthusiastic about the upcoming reception lunch, Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members to
D) Enthusiastic with regards to the reception lunch approaching, the committee members were hastily phoned to
E) Enthusiastic about the upcoming reception lunch, Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members in a rushed effort to
30 Sep 2020, 00:33
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
Mrs. Brown is enthusiastic about an upcoming luncheon.
She appears to have lollygagged, because now she is hastily calling committee members in order to assign tasks.
THE OPTIONS
→ upcoming implies the immediacy of the luncheon.
KEEP A tentatively but look for better options.
Yes? Then we do not need being
• As in (A), upcoming and approaching are redundant
• we should be reading about "a hasty manner" rather than "a hastily manner."
→ there is no such thing as a hastily manner.
Hastily is an adverb. It incorrectly modifies the noun manner.
→ correct: a hasty manner
→ wrong: a hastily manner
→ correct: Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members, or
→ also correct: Mrs. Brown phoned her committee members hastily (we're just moving the adverb around)
ELIMINATE OPTION B
• It is also logical: Mrs. Brown A is feeling enthusiastic.
She hastily phoned her committee members. That makes sense.
KEEP C
→ from the other choices, it's pretty clear that Mrs. Brown is enthusiastic.
→ this option's passive verb voice choice—the committee members WERE called— makes no stylistic sense and is not a good idea even if it were to make sense
→ who is calling? what happened to Mrs. Brown? I don't like this setup.
• with regards to is not idiomatic, and I have seen GMAC test this issue.
The correct phrases are with regard to or regarding. You can also say in regard to/
• hastily and in a rushed effort are synonyms. Hastily conveys the fact that Mrs. We do not need both.
ELIMINATE E
The answer is (C).
tyildirim92 , no matter how your interview goes or went, good for you for getting the interview!
JonShukhrat and vijk , in times like these, reaching out with encouragement is ever more important.
These answers range from good to excellent. Nice work!
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• Meaning?
Mrs. Brown is enthusiastic about an upcoming luncheon.
She appears to have lollygagged, because now she is hastily calling committee members in order to assign tasks.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• upcoming and approaching are redundant
→ upcoming implies the immediacy of the luncheon.
KEEP A tentatively but look for better options.
Quote:
• Can we remove the word being without damaging the meaning of the sentence?
Yes? Then we do not need being
• As in (A), upcoming and approaching are redundant
• we should be reading about "a hasty manner" rather than "a hastily manner."
→ there is no such thing as a hastily manner.
Hastily is an adverb. It incorrectly modifies the noun manner.
→ correct: a hasty manner
→ wrong: a hastily manner
→ correct: Mrs. Brown hastily phoned her committee members, or
→ also correct: Mrs. Brown phoned her committee members hastily (we're just moving the adverb around)
ELIMINATE OPTION B
Quote:
• I see no errors. The option is succinct
• It is also logical: Mrs. Brown A is feeling enthusiastic.
She hastily phoned her committee members. That makes sense.
KEEP C
Quote:
• Probably illogical.
→ from the other choices, it's pretty clear that Mrs. Brown is enthusiastic.
→ this option's passive verb voice choice—the committee members WERE called— makes no stylistic sense and is not a good idea even if it were to make sense
→ who is calling? what happened to Mrs. Brown? I don't like this setup.
• with regards to is not idiomatic, and I have seen GMAC test this issue.
The correct phrases are with regard to or regarding. You can also say in regard to/
Quote:
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• hastily and in a rushed effort are synonyms. Hastily conveys the fact that Mrs. We do not need both.
ELIMINATE E
The answer is (C).
tyildirim92 , no matter how your interview goes or went, good for you for getting the interview!
JonShukhrat and vijk , in times like these, reaching out with encouragement is ever more important.
These answers range from good to excellent. Nice work!
General Discussion
30 Sep 2020, 01:55
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Redundencies
A - has redundant words - upcoming and approaching
B - A + 'hastily' - adverb + noun?
C - looks fine
D - phrase is modifying the wrong noun and a certain Mrs. is missing, so who called whom?
E - C is more concise.
My pick - C
Quote:
A - has redundant words - upcoming and approaching
B - A + 'hastily' - adverb + noun?
C - looks fine
D - phrase is modifying the wrong noun and a certain Mrs. is missing, so who called whom?
E - C is more concise.
My pick - C
