Amorous Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 can somebody explain this: 1.Personal trainers and fitness coaches are to the narcissistic 1980’s just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was to an earlier time. (A) just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was (B) as have been a private fencing master and dancing teacher © what private fencing masters and dancing teachers were (D) what private fencing masters and dancing teachers are (E) just the same as private fencing masters and dancing teachers had been thanks in advance... -Amor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghago Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 D. ....(are to) the narcissistic....teachers (are to) an... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamsternutz Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'll go with C. These are the most obvious mistakes in the following choices: A - problem with "was". it should be "were" instead B - as have been D - problem with "are" - since it says "ealier time" it should be "were" E - verbose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4rohini Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Pick C.. since v r refering to an earlier time, "were" should be the key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animesh Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I will go with C. It is idiomatic, parallel and uses the correct past tense 'were'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc007bond Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 i like C it seems awkward to express a comparision with "what" i wonder if there is some rule for that. anyone knows? a)trainers and coaches being compared with master and teacher. No parallelism, that also rules out b) b/c it is an earlier time you should be using "were" so D is out. and E is wordy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorous Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 thanks for the answers guys...the OA is C i just cudnt understand the flow of the sentence and was thinking how the word "What" can follow 1980's...just wasnt sounding pleasant to the ear...any comments on that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarya Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 imoC Personal trainers and fitness coaches are to the narcissistic 1980’s just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was to an earlier time. (A) just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was - require plural verb (B) as have been a private fencing master and dancing teacher - noun comparison require "like" © what private fencing masters and dancing teachers were - correct (D) what private fencing masters and dancing teachers are - wrong tense change (E) just the same as private fencing masters and dancing teachers had been - noun comparison require "like" + wrong tense usage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malla_g Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Its clearly C. X and Y are ...what A and B were construction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagar Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Wud go wid C as the second part shud be in Past tense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeJung Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 c is the best one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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