IanStewart wrote:
mSKR wrote:
In C, it is mentioned that deer population HAS GROWN . It seems the population is already gone and the meaning of estimate TO INCREASE seems to be lost .
What I mean is:
in A : estimate to have indicates it is an estimate and seems the population has grown( may not actually has grown but seems)
in C: , the deer population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has--> 1. here population has grown ( seems like it is actually happened) 2. estimate: before estimate to have grown( seems like it is grown) but now meaning is estimate that it has grown( certainly grown)
Based on this thinking, I rejected actually C.
I don't quite follow what you're saying, but it's possible you're not using the correct definition of "estimate". You seem to be attaching the word "estimate" to the phrase "has grown", and interpreting the meaning as "officials guess the population has grown". But "estimate" means something like "make a numerical approximation", and the only "estimate" in the sentence is the 175,000 figure at the end.
There is not an important distinction between A and C in how the two choices use the word "estimate". Answer A is decisively wrong because of how it uses modifiers: "With no natural predators... wildlife officials...". The sentence is not trying to say that wildlife officials have no natural predators, so answer A cannot be correct.
Hi
IanStewart AjiteshArunOne follow up query:
Quote:
C. With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the Deer Population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has
as
wildlife officials estimate is nonessential modifier-- does not the sentence lose meaning ?
IN other words,
With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the Deer Population in New Jersey,
wildlife officials estimate, has
It seems (
the population has already grown- not just estimate) , the meaning if I remove the non-essential modifier.
But from the meaning perspective, it seems
wildlife estimate should be part of sentence ( to avoid lose of meaning)
( In summary: removing the non-essential modifier should not impact the meaning but here removing modifier ,
wildlife officials estimate, changes the meaning from estimation to actual)
Please clarify.
Thanks!