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Re: Questions about "..so...as.." , commas and singular or plurar problems

Clive — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:15:38 GMT

Hi,

I'd lke to offer some comments.

- About "...so...as..."
1. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
My question is why can use "so... as" struture in an affirmative sentence? Why do you think you can't? There's nothing wrong with the structure. It's just a but literary in style.

- About commas in sentence
1. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there
    (A)... (B)... (C)...
    (D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area
    (E)...
     The correct choice in book is (D). However, I wonder why between "the Baltic Sea" and "findings" donot have any connections after the commas? The latter part of the sentence is basically in apposition to thestatement in the first part. Consider a simpler example. "He asked me my name, a question unexpected by me."

2. Stories about air travel mishaps are carefully edited out of news programs prepared for in-flight viewing, since they have no desire to increase the anxiety some passengers already feel about flying
(A) since they (B) because airlines (C) inasmuch as they (D) due to airlines (E) in that the airlines
The correct choice in book is (B). My question is why the sentence has a commas between the main clause and the dependence clause It's optional. Thew riter just used the comma to make the sentence easier to read and understand.

3. Blinded by the sun's reflection, the crevasse was all but invisible until the climbers nearly stumbled into it
     (A) (B)
     (C) The crevasse was all but invisible to the climbers blinded by the sun's reflection, until they nearly stumbled into it
     (D)..(E)..
    The correct choice in book is (C). My question is why the sentence has a commas between the main clause and the dependence clause which is located after the main clauseThe same answer as the previous one.

4. Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worke by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left
     (A) (B) (C)
     (D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War I'd prefer to say 'His right . . . '
     The correct choice in book is (D). My question is why there isnot any connections like "having" before "The right hand and arm.." to connect two clauses Consider a simplified example. "His ink gone, he stopped writing". It's a common, valid, shortened form of 'Because his ink was gone'.

- About singular or plurar
1. Recognizing, understainding, and adjusting to changes in the global marketplace has become an increasingly complex task for mast product managers
     (A) Recognizing, understanding, and adjusting to
     (B) To recognize, understand, to adjust to
     (C) The recognition, undestanding, and adjustment to
     (D) Recognizing, as well as understanding and adjusting to
     (E) That one recognize, understand, and adjust to
     The correct choice in book is (A). My question is that "Recognizing, understanding, and adjusting to..." is plural, why the verb is "has become" but not "have become", and what's wrong if I choose (D) The writer is thinking of all 3 activities as so cloely related that they represent a single 'unit'. Consider 'Fish and chips is my favourite meal'.

D does not so much show the 3 tasks as a unit.

2. Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub
     (A)..
     (B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
     The correct choice in book is (B). In this case, "have grown" should agree with the singular noun "market" or with "Out of America's facination iwht all things antique"? Market. That's the subject.

3. Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring
     (A)...
     (E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are
     The correct choice in book is (E). I wonder the subject of the sentence is "declining values" which is singular noun or "values" which is plural noun? Why do you think 'declining values' is singular and 'values' is plural? Both are plural.

Best wishes, Clive

Questions about "..so...as.." , commas and singular or plurar problems

Nana12345 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:21:25 GMT

Dear,
I am going to take GMAT exam. When I was practising, I met some grammar problems. Please help me to understand correctly about them.

- About "...so...as..."
1. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
       My question is why can use "so... as" struture in an affirmative sentence?
- About commas in sentence
1. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there
    (A)... (B)... (C)...
    (D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area
    (E)...
     The correct choice in book is (D). However, I wonder why between "the Baltic Sea" and "findings" donot have any connections after the commas?
2. Stories about air travel mishaps are carefully edited out of news programs prepared for in-flight viewing, since they have no desire to increase the anxiety some passengers already feel about flying
     (A) since they      (B) because airlines       (C) inasmuch as they         (D) due to airlines           (E) in that the airlines
     The correct choice in book is (B). My question is why the sentence has a commas between the main clause and the dependence clause
3. Blinded by the sun's reflection, the crevasse was all but invisible until the climbers nearly stumbled into it
     (A) (B)
     (C) The crevasse was all but invisible to the climbers blinded by the sun's reflection, until they nearly stumbled into it
     (D)..(E)..
    The correct choice in book is (C). My question is why the sentence has a commas between the main clause and the dependence clause which is located after the main clause
4. Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worke by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left
     (A) (B) (C)
     (D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
     The correct choice in book is (D). My question is why there isnot any connections like "having" before "The right hand and arm.." to connect two clauses

- About singular or plurar
1. Recognizing, understainding, and adjusting to changes in the global marketplace has become an increasingly complex task for mast product managers
     (A) Recognizing, understanding, and adjusting to
     (B) To recognize, understand, to adjust to
     (C) The recognition, undestanding, and adjustment to
     (D) Recognizing, as well as understanding and adjusting to
     (E) That one recognize, understand, and adjust to
     The correct choice in book is (A). My question is that "Recognizing, understanding, and adjusting to..." is plural, why the verb is "has become" but not "have become", and what's wrong if I choose (D)
2. Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub
     (A)..
     (B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
     The correct choice in book is (B). In this case, "have grown" should agree with the singular noun "market" or with "Out of America's facination iwht all things antique"?
3. Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring
     (A)...
     (E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are
     The correct choice in book is (E). I wonder the subject of the sentence is "declning values" which is singular noun or "values" which is plural noun?
Thank you

Best,
Nana

Adverbs of frequency

Kooyeen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:54:56 GMT

Hi,
this has been asked more than once I guess, but I decided to put it neatly this way:
Consider: usually, often, rarely, sometimes.
Where is it possible to place them in a sentence? I wrote my choices in blue.

I do it. <--- this is an affirmative sentence.
At the beginning: often (with or without comma), rarely (with comma), sometimes (with or without comma), usually (with or without comma)
Before the main verb: all of them
At the end: usually (with comma), often (with or without comma), rarely (with or without comma), sometimes (with or without comma)

I don't do it. <---- this is a negative sentence.
At the beginning: often (with or without comma), rarely (with comma) sometimes (with or without comma), usually (with comma)
Before the negation: all of them
After the negation: usually, often
At the end: all of them (with or without comma) Note: the comma changes the meaning and the stress in the sentence

Other note: I am aware that the position of adverbs in negative questions influences the meaning.

Thanks in advance.