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Old 11-16-2003, 01:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The primary criterion for_____________a school is its recent performance: critics are________to extend credit
to earlier victories.


a)evaluate....Prone
b)investigate........hesitant
c)judging.........reluctant
d)improving.........eager
e)administering........persuaded


In such a type of sentence, the latter seems to support the former but I cannot finger out the bridge between two clauses

The answer is C, please tell me why critics are reluctant to extend credit to earlier victories?

whose is credit? of critics or of the school?

Even in the case C is the answer, why not B and A. they have the same posibilities to be the answer.
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Old 11-16-2003, 06:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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For the first one: the presence of 'for' indicates that we need an -ing form afterwards, so we're left with c, d, e.
Furthermore, the recent performance of a school is a criterion for 'judging' a school; we can't really use it to improve or to administer it.
Because of the importance they give to the recent performance of the school, critics probably don't consider earlier victories as important, so they are 'reluctant' in using them.
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Old 11-16-2003, 09:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Yes, laura, I get the point. Thank you
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Old 11-16-2003, 12:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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good explanation laura
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