lsv Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride. A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less, C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they Pl post your thughts on this SC. Plus your choice among the 5 options. Thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fØrti Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 imoD "they" reference not clear - B, C, E compared with - similar things "and" after passanger is awkward - A seems like comparison is made between "minivans with 7 passangers" and "sports utility vechile" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeJung Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Dit is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zafer Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride. A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, (carry and cost...,get and have..... awkward) B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less, (no clear antecedents) C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, (they same as B) D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, (correct answer) E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they (same as b and c) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghago Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Imho D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchamogh Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 clearly D.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ska7945 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 isnt oa A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I l go for D as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manasdas Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 A is the only one correct option.. oa please? In D, we are not comparing 'Minivans, carrying seven passengers' with 'sport utility vehicels' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_ace Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 IMo A too. OA please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathna Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 btn A and D i choose D, carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with doesnt sound as gud as Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 i picked A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilpishrestha Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 808 Bob Explanation: D is awkward and confusing in that it has two modifying phrases ("carrying as many as seven passengers" and "compared with most sport utility vehicles") between the subject "minivans" and the first verb "cost". Reading the sentence as choice D phrases it, when I get to "compared" I first think it's the verb. Only when I get to "cost" do I realize that the phrase beginning with "compared" is not the predicate but a second modifier. D is confusing also in that it is not clear in what way minivans are being compared with most SUVs. Is the fact that minivans carry as many as seven passengers one of the differences? There is absolutely nothing wrong with choice A. It tells us two things about minivans: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers. Minivans (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. Since these two facts have the same subject, we can put them together, without repeating the subject, and inserting "and" between the verbs: Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and (compared with most SUVs) cost less, etc. It would be wrong to put a comma in front of "and". On the other hand, the comma after "and" makes perfect sense: it's one of a pair of commas setting off the modifying phrase "compared with most SUVs". Beware those OAs! They are not always correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocool Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I thought it was A but was not sure of why D is wrong. Thanks for posting the explanation Shilpishreshta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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