Some questions need help, Thanks

[sunjw35]

1 Soon after Columbus came John Cabot, who has explored
the waters of what are now Maine and Massachusetts.

2 Long the world`s largest consumers of elephant tusks, Japan went along with a global ban on the ivory trade.

3 Odysseus was a cunning, resourceful man who fighted
with the Greeks against Troy.

[raghuveer_v]

Hmm...

1 Soon after Columbus came John Cabot, who has explored
the waters of what are now Maine and Massachusetts.

has explored => explored

2 Long the world`s largest consumers of elephant tusks, Japan went along with a global ban on the ivory trade.

Long => For/since long

3 Odysseus was a cunning, resourceful man who fighted
with the Greeks against Troy.

fighted => fought

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Edited by - raghuveer_v on 2002 Jun 11 22:50:00

[Erin]

Hmm... these are "super-tricky" questions, not like the real TOEFL.

But here we go...

Hmm...

what are now => what is now

Yes, I agree with you here, but we also have ANOTHER major problem:

who has explored ==> who has explored

We most certainly need past tense here, NOT present perfect.

I think that the writer of this question was trying to dupe us with "what are," thinking that it was correct since TWO states replaced that area. However, "what" has no referent, and should not be plural.

Long => For/since long

Let's do this:

consumers ==> since Japan is singular.

Again, this is a "super-tricky" question, more along the lines of what we'd see on the GMAT, not on the TOEFL, since many people, including native speakers, would think this sentence is correct as written.

fighted => fought

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Raghuveer.

Nice button there, Raghuveer.

I don't recall ever seeing a question like this on the real TOEFL, but yes, "fighted" does not exist.

Erin

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[raghuveer_v]

Hi Erin,

Yeah, I was a bit confused by that first one ...
Did you notice? I really changed my answer just minutes before your post to...

Hmm...


quote:
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1 Soon after Columbus came John Cabot, who has explored
the waters of what are now Maine and Massachusetts.



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has explored => explored

and thankyou.


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Raghuveer.